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2:05 CAT | 14 Apr 2016
VOA / Nacala, Mozambique
The Mozambican government is borrowing about US$120 million from the World Bank to fund climate change projects in 20 municipalities around the country.
Manuel Fobra, director of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources in Sofala, told Radio Mozambique that the projects, collectively entitled “Cities and Climate Change”, cover such things as the construction of new drainage ditches, coastal protection and resettlement of the population living in high risk areas.
The fund will benefit the municipalities of Beira, Gorongosa, Matola, Namacha, Chibuto, Bilene, Gondola, Moatize, Massinga, Vilankulo and Maxixe.
Speaking at the end of a visit to project works in progress in Sofala, Fobra said that the funds would be made available in stages, with the first tranche of about US$35 million rolled out in an operation coordinated with the Ministry of Administration, State and Civil Service.
US$85 million of the second tranche will be used for a Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources project and US$45.7 million assigned to Beira city climate change projects.
As part of the project implementation, 21 houses built on the banks of drainage ditches in the city of Beira had been demolished, the families to be resettled in houses built at a cost of about thirteen million meticais and expected to be handed over later this month.
Source: VOA / Notícias
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