Three countries sign water supply agreement with Lesotho

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Four ministers from Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa have signed an agreement to commence a dam construction and water supply pipeline from Lesotho to Botswana.

The ministers responsible for water supply in the respective countries met in Kasane last week to give green light to the commencement of a feasibility study of the project.

The study to be funded by the African Development Bank to the tune of US$2.3 million,  will take 24 months to complete, the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Prince Maele told journalists last Friday. The four countries are members of the Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM).

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