Rashin ruwa na Itezhi-Tezhi

An gina madatsar ruwa ta Itezhi-Tezhi da ke kan kogin Kafue a yammacin tsakiyar Zambia tsakanin 1974 da 1977 a Gap na Itezhi-Tezhi, a cikin tsaunuka daban-daban inda kogin ya lalata wani ƙaramin kwari ta cikinsa, wanda ya kai ga faɗin wuraren dausayi da aka sani da Kafue Flats . Garin Itezhi-Tezhi yana gefen gabas na madatsar ruwa. Girma da manufar Dam din yana da tsawo na mita 62 (203 , tsawon mita 1,800 (5,900 kuma yana samar da tafkin kilomita 390 (150 sq , ambaliyar wani sashi na Kafue National Park. Dalilin farko na madatsar ruwan shine adana ruwa don Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station fiye da kilomita 260 (160 a ƙasa. Kogin Kafue, kamar yawancin a kudancin tsakiyar Afirka, yana da bambancin yanayi mai yawa, ambaliyar ruwa a lokacin ruwan sama kuma yana raguwa zuwa watakila kashi ashirin na yawan kwararar a ƙarshen Lokacin fari. Duk da haka, samar da wutar lantarki yana buƙatar kwarara mai ɗorewa, wanda za'a iya cimma shi ne kawai ta hanyar samun tafkin da ya isa ya adana ambaliyar yanayi don amfani a lokacin fari. A Kafue Gorge Yanayin ƙasa ba ya ba da izinin babban tafki don samarwa. Masu zanen madatsar ruwan saboda haka suna da ra'ayin sanya babban tafkin a Itezhi-Tezhi, da kuma sakin ruwa a cikin kwarara mai gudana a cikin kogi tare da Kafue Flats zuwa Kafue Gorge Dam. Tashar wutar lantarki Ginin ya fara ne a cikin 2011 na tashar wutar lantarki mai 120 megawatts (160,000 hp) a madatsar ruwan Itezhi-Tezhi kuma an kammala shi a cikin 2015. Kamfanin Itezhi Tezhi Power Company (ITPC) ne zai gudanar da kamfanin na dala miliyan 250, wani hadin gwiwa tsakanin ZESCO, kamfanin wutar lantarki na jihar Zambiya, da TATA Africa, wani ɓangare na kamfanin Tata Group na Indiya. injiniya, sayarwa da gini (EPC) dan kwangila shine Sinohydro, kamfanin injiniya da gine-gine na kasar Sin, mallakar jihar, yayin da Alstom ke samar da turbines biyu na 60MW Kaplan. A cikin 2014, Bankin Ci Gaban Afirka (AfDB), Bankin Ci gaban Dutch FMO, Bankin Ci gaba na Kudancin Afirka (DBSA) da Propaco na Faransa sun ba Gwamnatin Zambiya rancen dala miliyan 142 don tallafawa kusan rabin farashin aikin. An ba da cikakken tashar wutar lantarki a watan Fabrairun 2016. Tasirin muhalli a kan Kogin Kafue Tsarin halittu na Kafue Flats ya dace da matsanancin ambaliyar ruwa da bushewa. Ambaliyar ruwa ta caje ƙasa da ruwa. Kifi da dabbobi sun saba da yin iyo ko wade, suna taimakawa wajen yada abubuwan gina jiki, kuma lokacin da ruwa ya ragu, ciyawa suna girma da sauri kuma suna ci gaba da cin ganyayyaki kamar buffalo, lechwe, da shanu. Tsarin yanayi na halitta ya kiyaye shuke-shuke, kifi, da dabbobi, yayin da suka saba da ambaliyar Maris-Afrilu a cikin abinci mai gina jiki da kiwo. Yawancin mazauna yankin suna motsa ƙauyukansu a kowace shekara don magance sake zagayowar ambaliyar ruwa na yau da kullun. manazarta