/ 20 April 1999

CAHORA BASSA GRID EXPANDS

MOZAMBIQUE’S northern-most provinces of Niassa and Cabo Delgado will get power from the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi in the near future, the daily paper Noticias reports. Work to extend the Cahora Bassa grid to the areas will be funded by Norway and Sweden who are currently negotiating with the Mozambican government on the project, the paper said on Thursday. It quoted Niassa governor Aires Aly as saying that topographic work will start within two months to prepare the erection of new transmission lines. Aly said he was certain that the new lines will enhance the development of the northern region.