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Article: Power plans face wall of objections: Namibia's plans to generate electricity using the waters of the Okavango river have led to a massive row with environmentalists and tour operators in Botswana. (Namibia).
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- African Business
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- April 1, 2003
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Botswana and Angola, which share the waters of the Okavango river, have given Namibia the go-ahead to carry out pre-feasibility studies on the hydroelectric potential at Popa Falls in Namibia's eastern Caprivi. The plan has come under sustained attack from environmentalists and the tourist industry in Botswana.
The pre-feasibility study has been signed between Namibia's power utility, NamPower, Bison Namibia, Lund Consulting Engineers and the Fichter Company from Germany.
Namibia says eastern Caprivi, 1,200 km from the capital, Windhoek, and the least developed area in the country, is experiencing an adverse supply of electricity which is hampering ...