Dar es Salaam, Sept. 22 -- DELAY in completing the Regional Rusumo Fall Hydroelectric Project (RRFHP) was partly caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been disclosed.

Rusumo Hydro Plant Manager, Eng Patrick Lwesya said the deadline for completing the scheme was set for February, this year, but was interrupted by the global coronavirus.

However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline had to be rescheduled to December, 2021, though so far to-date they have attained about 74 per cent towards completion.

Once operational, the project will generate 80 MW of renewable clean energy, relatively low cost power to the national grids of the three countries, which share it equally; adding that each country would receive an additional 165 GWh...