THE CONSTRUCTION OF KARIBA DAM The dam was constructed on the orders of the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, a 'federal colony' within the British Empire. The double curvature concrete arch dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1955 and 1959 by Impresit of Italyat a cost of $135,000,000 for the first stage with only the Kariba South power cavern. Final construction and the addition of the Kariba North Power cavern by Mitchell Construction was not com

Kariba Dam A World First Built between 1955 and 1959 on the mighty Zambezi River, Kariba Dam was once the largest dam in the world by volume and the first major double-curvature concrete arch dam ever built. It created Lake Kariba, then the largest man-made lake on Earth, and became one of the greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century. But progress came at a cost. Over 57,000 Tonga people were forcibly relocated, and sacred lands were submerged. According to Tonga belief, the river s

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Kariba dam records steadily increase in water level The Kariba Lake is designed to operate between levels 475.50m and 488.50m (with 0.70m freeboard) for hydropower generation. The Lake level has steadily been increasing with records of fluctuations being observed due to low outflow from the Reservoir, closing the period under review at 477.50m (13.88% usable storage) on 17th April 2024, compared to 478.85m (23.47% usable storage) recorded on the same date last year. From: 4 April 2024 To: 17 Apr

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