The diversion of the course of Abay (Nile) River was successfully undertaken on Tuesday to make way for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Speaking at the a ceremony held at the Guba, site of the GERD in Benishangul Gumuz State, President of the GERD Construction Public Coordination Council and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnin said the diversion of the River has been successfully done to utilize the resource for national interest.
The benefit of the GERD which is the fruit of the May 28 Victory is not only for the nation but also for neigbouring countries, he said. He also called up on the public to continue the support it has extended to the construction of the Dam since inception till the end.
Demeke said the government would remain focused to realize the vision of the late Great leader Meles Zenawi and martyrs, thereby promoting the Ethiopian Renaissance.
The GERD construction for which a corner stone was laid by late Meles Zenawi two years ago has now reached 21 percent of its construction accomplishment.
The Dam which will have an installed capacity of 6,000 MW at its completion has created job opportunity for over 5,000 citizens. The Dam will have a storage capacity of 74 billion cubic meters of water.
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Source: ERTA – May 28, 2013, titled “Nile makes way for GERD construction”.
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ደስ የሚያሰኝ መልካም ዜና፤ በዚህ መልካም ተግባር የምሳተፉ ሁላችሁምም ልትመሰገኑ ይገባል፥፥
በሌላ መኩል ከውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስቴር ኣቶ ብርሃነ ገ ክርስቶስ ሰጡት ተብሎ በግብጽ ጋዜጦች ላይ የውጣው መግለጫ የእኛን ተፈጥሮኣዊ ሃብት ለግብጽ ባለቤትነት የሚፈርድ ስለወነ ሊታረም ይገባል። ዘገባውም አንዲ ይላል ““The dam will not affect Egypt’s quota of Nile water in the least,” & “We do not claim that the Nile River, with 84 percent of its water originating in Ethiopia, belongs to us alone. We understand Egypt’s interests.” Christos said”
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/ethiopian-fm-we-are-doing-egypt-no-harm
Our government must not acknowledge the existence of the so called “የግብጽ ኮታ”. እኛ ከግብጽ የነደዻጅ ሃብት ኮታ እንደሌለን ሁሉ አነሱም ከእኛ የውሃ ሃብት ኮታ መጠየቅ ኣይችሉም።
መንግስታችን የኤልትሪክ ሃይል ለጎረበቶቻችን ለመሸጥ ማሰቡ መልካም ቢሆንም፥ አንደሌሴቶ፤ማሌዢያ፤ካናዳ(የኮሎሚያ ወንዝ)፤ ቱርክ ለውሃችን አንደሌላው የተፈጥሮ ሃብት ክፍያ ለማስከፈል አቅድ ማውጣትና ተነሻሽነት ሊኖረው ይገባል።
የህዝባችን የኑሮ ደረጃ ሲሻሻል ኤልትሪክ ሃይል ፍጆታችን በኣጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ ከኣስር እጥፍ በላይ ሊያድግ ስለሚችል፥ የኤልትሪክ ሃይል export ማድረግ በረጅም ጊዜ ውስጥ ኣስተማማኝ የውጭ ምንዛሪ ማግኛ ሊሆን ኣይችልም። ምክንያቱም ኣብዛኛው ለኣገር ውስጥ ፍጆታ ሊውል ስለሚችል። ለውሃችን ግን ማስከፈል ለረጅም ጊዜ ቀጣይ የወነ የውጭ ምንዛሪ ማግኛ ሊሆን ይችላል።
ወደፊት ኣቅም ሲኖረን ቻይና ደምታደርገው እኛም የኣባይን ውሃ ወደ ኣፋር፤ቦረና ሶማሌ ክልል ኣስተላልፈ የህዝባችን ኖሮ የበለጠ ሊሻሻል ስለሚችል፥፥ በውሃ ሃብታችን ላይ “የግብጽ ኮታ” በሚል ኣንዳችም ስምምነት ልናደርግ ኣይገባም።