Dar es Salaam, March 6 -- MOROGORO: PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday laid the foundation stone for the 335.8bn/- Kidunda Dam project, emphasising the importance of environmental conservation and water resource management to enhance water availability in the country.

The dam, located in Morogoro Region, will have a storage capacity of 190 billion litres of water and is currently 28 per cent complete.

“Every Tanzanian, wherever they are, must priooritise environmental conservation and water source management. If we do not take this seriously, we will continue facing challenges. Conservation of water sources should be a permanent agenda and discussed at all decision-making levels,” he said.

He also urged regional and d...