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Currently, 45.96 percent of the overall Project is completed
as of July 3, 2011 |
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Camps for Employer/ Employer Representative, Contractors Expatriate camps and local staff's camps are completed. Air strip, Clinics, canteens, bars and other social service centers for the staffs are completed. Site logistic installations such as workshops laboratories, stores, batching plants, crushing plants and other important equipments are in place. |
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Diversion Tunnels
Excavation and lining works of the three diversion tunnels are completed and the dry season flow of Omo River is diverted through the center tunnel on January 20, 2009. At present, the Omo River flow passes through the three diversion tunnels and the area of the dam foundation and powerhouse is fee of water.. |
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The concrete wall of the D/S cofferdam has been 100% completed and the rock fill work is 78.5% completed, the contractor has completed installing first and second phase geo-membrane and is preparing to install third phase |
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Dam abutment excavation is 100% completed. |
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Power house area excavation is in progress. Excavation volume has been increased due to shift of PH. As a result 87% of the excavation work is completed relative to the new total area of excavation |
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Power Waterways
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•Power Intake •The position of the Intake is shifted 250 m left side and 320m right side towards u/s. The quantity of excavation at the new location is estimated to be 227,000 m3. Out of this volume 174,790 m3 is excavated so far. The progress of the work is 81% according to the new volume. Power Tunnels • To date the left and right Power Tunnels excavations are approximately 83% and 73.4% completed respectively Manifolds Excavation of Branches of the Left and right Manifolds is completed, installation of support structures and wire mesh and shotcrete activities are completed.
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Second phase of RCC trial mix tests for the main dam is in progress. RCC trail mix tests on different types and brands of cement are in progress. According to the results Pozolana Portland Cement (PPC) is found to be the best type of cement for RCC Dam construction. |
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About 135 km long access roads inside the site are constructed. The Omo downstream Permanent bridge work is 100 % completed and it was opened for Light vehicles traffic on Sep 06, 2009 . The request for approval of reduction of the right of way of the road from 30 to 20 m is approved by Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) in order to reduce the impact of the road. Currently, the consultants has completed the rechecking of the impacts in the 20m corridor and submitted the review of the final resettlement and compensation plan. |
Hydromechanical and Electromechanical works |
So far 380 design drawings/documents have been submitted by DEC for review and approval; of the submitted design drawings/document:
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Transmission Line (GIII To Wolaita-Sodo Substation) |
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| Environmental And Social Studies | • Establishment of the Environmental and Social monitoring and Management Implementation Unit in Addis Ababa, at site and at Jinka has been completed. • Four Environmental and Social monitoring Coordinators have been assigned at four woredas around Jinka (Dasenech,Nyagatom,Hammer and Selamago).They are mainly engaged in awareness creation works.• All ESIA related studies are completed. All the final ESIA and RAP reports are posted on EEPCo's Website as of March 5, 2009. Final report for archeological study has been submitted. The establishment of an office for the Environmental and Social monitoring and management sub process team at project level is completed. Preparation of project- based website is Completed. A mediation between the African Development Bank and Friends of Lake Turkana (FOLT) has been conducted on June 10 and 11, 2009, in Nairobi and the AfDB representatives have briefed EEPCo's management on the outcome. The FOLT has requested the bank for further studies to be conducted on the project, especially hydrological studies and public consultation on the Kenyan side. The Bank has accepted the request and engaged in finding consultants for the study. • The first meeting of the Environmental Advisory panel has been held on 10 july 2008 and the members have received electronic copies of the ESIA studies documents. The Advisory panel members have conducted the first site visit from 31 st July 2009 to 02 August 2009 and held a meeting during the site visit. The EAP has been conducting a number of meetings and has prepared action plan for the Panel. • Establishment of the Environmental and Social monitoring and Management Implementation Unit in Addis Ababa, at site and at Jinka Town(SNNP). • Additional Public consultation has been done on December 2009 to February 2010 with upstream and downstream communities. |
General |
A joint mission from the AfDB, EIB and World Bank were in Ethiopia from October 10-20, 2009. The missions had visited the project site and consult the downstream communities. The missions also held different meetings with EEPCo and participated in the EFTA study Workshop conducted on oct-19-2009. |
Plung Pool |
The Contractor stopped the works waiting for the results of the hydraulic model test related to the depth of the invert of the plunge pool. In addition the quality of the rock is not good and the Contractor is waiting a new support design. |
Chida-Sodo Road And Employer’s permanent camp |
• On the left side of the river, the Contractor is doing clearing and levelling works of the road, so far 26.5 km has been done. • on the right side of the river, the clearing and levelling works has been done up to a distance of 4km, The Contractor stopped the work on the right side as he has shifted the resources to the left side • The Contractor has completed earth works and he is preparing a platform to commence the construction of the Employer's permanent camp • The Contractor has commenced construction of EPC plant contractor's (DEC) camp.
Compensation Payments • So far Compensation payment for the permanent camp area has been made for fifty three (53) peoples with a total of 3.87 Million Birr. In total one hundred and sixty three (169) persons are compensated so far for Sodo-Chida road relocation and Employer's permanent camp with Birr 7.52M. |
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