Big ‘D’evelopment and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Introduction Ethiopia is located in the corner of Africa and is the second most populous country in Africa. The population is about 91 million (CIA 2013), and the rural population is about 6: 1 (Abelti et al. . Like other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia suffers from many social factors that exacerbate inequality across the continent. Poverty is prevalent, access to high-quality education and medical care alone is inadequate, and improvements in modern infrastructure and sanitation are contradictory or absent (Abelti, et al.

Ethiopia is building the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam (GERD), one of the world's largest dams in Nile near the Sudan border. Dam submerged 1680 square kilometers of forest (about four times the size of Cairo) in the northwest of Ethiopia, about 20,000 people evacuated to Ethiopia and constructed a reservoir capable of accommodating about 70 billion cubic meters of water. Annual flow rate of the Nile on the Sudan border. The estimated power capacity of the project is 6,000 megawatts, which seems to be exaggerated.

Last year, between Egypt and the Ethiopian government there was a clash between hydroelectric power and the Renaissance dam of Ethiopia. These two countries are almost 100% dependent on fresh water from the Nile. The river is a matter of "life and death" of Egypt and Ethiopia, and as a result of concern about redistribution of water resources, these countries began to settle the conflict with the help of independent political parties. The agreement was made taking into consideration common interests. Construction of HPP will continue

It is not a secret that Egyptians' view of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is the heart of the efforts of African horn countries to become Africa's largest power exporter. Egypt's idea of ​​opposing the dam, including politicians including the former president of Mohamed Murci from the beginning, was brought into the air to propose military action against Ethiopia. Located at the source of Blue Nile, this dam is scheduled to generate 6,000 megawatts, which will become the largest hydropower station in Africa, driving economic growth in Ethiopia. As a downstream desert country Egypt says Dam probably destroys its agricultural sector and industry and confuses the Nile to nearly 100 million people.