Mozambique Island receives 31 million meticais to rebuild sea wall

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Mozambique Island receives 31 million meticais to rebuild sea wall

1:53 CAT | 06 Jun 2018

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The Mozambican government will apply 31 million meticais (US$514 thousand) for the reconstruction of the Island of Mozambique sea wall, the Council of Ministers announced yesterday.

The amount will be channelled through Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development’s National Fund for Sustainable Development to the municipal council of the City of the Island of Mozambique, explained Deputy Minister of Education Armindo Ngunga, speaking in his capacity of spokesperson after a session of the Council of Ministers in Maputo.

“The money is meant to minimise the socioeconomic impacts of the degradation of the sea wall,” he said.

The sea wall shows signs of degradation, and the work will be taking place the same year the Island of Mozambique celebrates the second centenary of its elevation to the category of city.

Occupying an area of 245 square kilometres, the island gave its name to the country of which it was the first capital, and boasts numerous historical monuments, such as the San Sebastian Fortress.

Vasco da Gama landed there in 1498 and established a stopover on the trade route between Portugal and India. Today it is a city in the province of Nampula, in the north of Mozambique.

UNESCO classified the Island of Mozambique a World Heritage Site in 1991.

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Source: Lusa