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Millions of Lives could be at risk by the Saddle Dam of the GERD
You do not have to be an expert in remote sensing or construction engineering to see how the lives of millions of people downstream the GERD could be at serious risk. Just visit google earth and check the history of change of the conditions of this saddle dam between 2020 and 2022 and you will see this picture below. The picture shows the deteriorated condition and cracks happening in the concrete face of the saddle dam of GERD. It has to be mentioned that the water stored upstream this saddle dam still did not cover these walls (dam still in the initial filling phase and it is expected to impound more than 50 Billion Cubic Meters). This deterioration is just the effect of weather conditions mainly heavy rainfall. This doesn’t look as a stable dam to impound 50 BCM starting in the coming weeks. As a professor of water engineering, I urge the Ethiopian government and the construction company (former name: Salini Impregilo, now: Webuild) to immediately make a press release presenting the technical studies that proof the safety of this dam and provide immediate justification and explanation for the reasons behind the dramatic change in the concrete face/plates of this dam. I also urge the international community of scientists and human rights organizations to assure the immediate freezing of any further construction or filling activity to prevent possible catastrophic impacts on people downstream of this construction.
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