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Article: ENERGY-CAMEROON: DAM PROJECT COULD INCREASE RISK OF DROUGHT
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- August 4, 2009
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Ngala Killian Chimtom
Inter Press Service English News Wire
08-04-2009
LOM-PANGAR, Cameroon, Aug. 3, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Construction has
begun on a new dam at the confluence of the Lom and Pangar rivers
in Cameroon. The government is pushing the project as key to
addressing an energy shortfall, allowing for economic growth;
observers believe the plan may only increase the country's
vulnerability to drought.
Cameroon, which is heavily dependent on hydro-electric power,
has recently suffered significant reductions in supply due to
drought. Government hopes to use the Lom Pangar dam to regulate
seasonal flows of water into the Sanaga River.
With a planned capacity of 7.250 billion cubic meters in a
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