Minister of Public Works and Housing Felicio Zacarias of Mozambique
Speaking on Friday in Maputo at a meeting of his ministry, Felicio Zacarias said the shortage of funds is the main cause of this situation, because the actions to expand water systems in the country depended essentially on foreign funding.
Zacarias said that bovine tuberculosis can be transmitted to humans once they eat mean from a contaminated animal.
Work on the first bridge to span the Ruvuma River between Mozambique and Tanzania, will begin on October 16, Mozambique's Public Works Minister Felicio Zacarias said on Friday.
Mozambique is seeking US$360 million to build a dam in the outskirts of the capital Maputo, to supply water to city residents, including the Mozal aluminium smelter, Public Works and Housing Minister Felicio Zacarias said in Maputo on Thursday.
Mozambique is close to a deal with China that would pave the way for a $300-million hydro-electric dam in Maputo, Public Works and Housing Minister Felicio Zacarias said on Monday.
On the preparations for the implementation of the project, Zacarias said his ministry is moving swiftly to relocate the population established on both banks of the river, and has completed the environmental impact studies.
Zacarias said despite this expenditure, most Mozambican rural roads become impassable in rainy seasons.
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On Tuesday Mozambique Public Works and Housing Minister Felicio Zacarias said 25 of the country's 128 districts were experiencing drought conditions and that the government needed at least $182 million to avert a water and sanitation crisis in the next two years.
The concession road model, so far applied only to the road known as Maputo-Witbank in Mozambique, is to be extended to a further 15 main roads, Mozambiques public works and housing, Felício Zacarias said in Maputo.
Maputo - Mozambique is close to a deal with China that would pave the way for a $300-million (about R2,2-billion) hydro-electric dam in Maputo, Public Works and Housing Minister Felicio Zacarias said on Monday.
We are about to close the discussions and hope China will fund and construct the dam," Zacarias said in an interview.
Zacarias said the government planned to expand the number of medium-sized and large dams in the country - there are currently 12 - in order to meet its goal of extending clean drinking water to 60 percent of the population by 2015.