Zobe Dam

**Dam din Zobe,** yana ƙaramar hukumar Dutsin-Ma a jihar Katsina a Arewacin Najeriya. Madatsar ruwa ne da aka tsara mai tsayin, 19&nbsp;m kuma jimlar tsawon 2,750&nbsp;m.  Dam ɗin yana da ƙarfin ajiyar ruwa na kimanin 179Mca da kuma bada damar noman rani ga filaye da suka kai girma hekta 8,000. Duk da cewa an kammala gina madatsar ruwa a shekarar 1983, amma har ya zuwa shekara ta 2010 ba a yi amfani da shi wajen samar da ruwan sha ga birnin Katsina ba, ko don ban ruwa ga gonaki ba ko kuma. Don samar da wutar lantarki ba. 

## Tarihi
An kera madatsar ruwan na Zobe ne a ƙarshen shekarun 1970 a lokacin gwamnatin Janar Olusegun Obasanjo kuma an shirya samar da kashi 50% na ruwan sha ga jihar Katsina tare da tallafa wa noman ban ruwa a yankin Dutsinma. Dam ɗin dai wani aikin ruwa ne na birnin tarayya wanda gwamnatin Shehu Shagari ta gina kuma an kammala shi a shekarar 1983. An yi shirin kammala aikin samar da ruwan sha a shekarar 1995, amma aikin dalar Amurka miliyan 122,000,000 ya yi watsi da shi saboda rashin kuɗi. Wani nazari da aka yi na tsaro a shekara ta 2004 ya ruwaito cewa, duk da cewa dam ɗin ya bayyana karko, amma ya sha fama da matsalolin tsatsauran ra'ayi a baya, ya kamata a sa ido sosai, kuma ya kamata a yi masa kwaskwarima domin ya daƙile tushen ginin.

## Amfanin noma
A watan Satumban shekarar 1999 ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya ya haifar da ambaliya ga madatsar ruwa ta Zobe, wanda ya haifar da asarar amfanin gona mai yawa. Ambaliyar ta yi awon gaba da gero da gyaɗa da masara da wake. Manoman, waɗanda ba a biya su isasshen diyya a lokacin da aka mallaki wurin dam ɗin ba, sun kasance marasa galihu saboda damina ta kusa karewa, kuma abinda aka shuka sun lalace.

A shekara ta 2003 ruwan dam ɗin ya tsaya tsayin daka da laka, kuma a hankali zubar ruwan da Dam ɗin ke zubarwa na barazanar ƙafewar  dam ɗin. An tilastawa hukumomin da ke kula da madatsar ruwan, su gina rijiyoyin agaji don ba da iska a tafkin. Har yanzu dai Hukumar Raya Rafin Kogin Sokoto-Rima ba ta share filin ko kuma ta saki ruwan noman ban ruwa ba. Mutanen ƙauyen sun daina amfani da ruwan wajen shayar da amfanin gonakinsu, kuma sabon tabkin ya kusan zama babu kifaye. A watan Agustan shekara ta 2003 wani tsohon daraktan hukumar ruwa ta jihar Katsina ya ce rashin mayar da hankali da alƙibla ne ya kawo cikas ga kammala aikin madatsar ruwa ta Zobe. Ya ce Zobe, ɗaya daga cikin manyan dam na ruwa a Najeriya, wanda aka ƙaddamar tun a shekarar 1982 kuma yana da damar tallafawa noman rani, amman anbar shi haka a banza. A watan Disambar 2005 manoma suna neman a sako ruwa daga madatsar ruwa.

## Wutar Lantarki
A watan Yunin shekarar 2009 gwamnatin jihar Katsina ta sanar da shirin kafa tashar samar da wutar lantarki a madatsar ruwan da ba a yi amfani da ita ba domin bunƙasa samar da wutar lantarki a yankin da kuma tallafawa aikin sarrafa ma’adinai a wurin. Injiniya Musa Nashuni ya ce mataki na farko shi ne na gudanar da bincike kan samar da (insulators) domin ayyukan wutar lantarkin, bayan haka kuma gwamnati za ta duba kafa masana’antar da za ta samar da wutar lantarki ga noman ruwa, samar da ruwa da kuma masana’antu na cikin gida. 

## Aikin samar da ruwa
Aikin samar da ruwan an yi niyya ne don isar da ruwan sha mai tsawon mita 65,000 a cikin birnin Katsina a kullum. A cikin Janairu shaekarar 2003, masana'antar sarrafa ruwa ta tsara 2.5&nbsp;km daga tafkin an kammala rabin amma an yi watsi da shi. Tashoshin ingantawa da tankunan ruwa sun kasance a matakai daban-daban na kammalawa a kan hanyar zuwa birnin. Bututu ɗaya tilo da aka shimfida tsawon kilomita 111 da ake buƙata shine nisan kilomita 2.1 daga tafki zuwa cibiyar kula da lafiya. Aikin samar da ruwan ya bukaci Naira biliyan 13 kafin a kammala shi. Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ya amince da tallafin, kuma a wata mai zuwa ya ziyarci madatsar ruwan. 

A watan Agustan 2003 gwamna Umaru Musa 'Yar'adua ya ce gwamnatin jihar ta ware naira miliyan 317 domin samar da ruwa mai tsawon kilomita 16 daga madatsar ruwan Zobe zuwa garin Dutsing, wanda za a kammala shi a watan Satumba na wannan shekarar. Ya kuma yi gargadin ƙara kuɗin ruwa a jihar, tun da farashin da ake biya a halin yanzu bai wadatar ba. A watan Disambar 2004, Sanata mai wakiltar Katsina ta tsakiya, Umaru Tsauri, ya ce gwamnatin tarayya ta ware Naira biliyan ɗaya domin kammala aikin. 

A watan Nuwamba 2009 Kwamishinan Albarkatun Ruwa na jihar ya ce aikin ruwan Zobe ya kusan kammala kashi 80%. Ya ce aikin idan aka kammala zai samar da ruwa mai tsafta kusan lita miliyan 80 a kowace rana. A watan Disambar 2009 Ministar Yaɗa Labarai da Sadarwa, Dora Akunyili, ta tattauna ƙiyasi da aka yi wa kwaskwarima kan aikin samar da ruwan sha na Zobe. Ta ce majalisar ta amince da sake fasalin kuɗin tuntuba daga Naira miliyan 123 zuwa Naira miliyan 299. A watan Maris na shekarar 2010 Kwamishinan Albarkatun Ruwa na Jihar Katsina, Alhaji Nasiru Ɗanmusa ya ce nan ba da dadewa ba za a kammala madatsar ruwan Zobe da sauran su nan gaba kaɗan. A waccan watan ne gwamnatin tarayya ta kafa kwamitin tantance ayyuka don binciki ayyukan da ba a kammala ba inda ‘yan kwangilar suka samu maƙudan kuɗaɗe amma aikin bai cika ba, ciki har da aikin dam na Zobe.

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