Goronyo Dam
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Goronyo Dam lẹ di ba Aji Rima efu Goronyo local government area eyi Sokoto State yi northern Nigeria. Má kpoji nwụ efu ọdọ 1984 kpai ma commission nwụ efu ọdọ 1992. Dam lẹ chi sand-fill structure ki ni height eyi 21 m kpai total length eyi 12.5 km. Iche ni storage capacity eyi 976 million cubic meters.[1] Dam lẹ anya chekwu eyi efu e control omi-ọfa kpai releasing water egba dry season for nwụ planned Zauro polder project downstream efu Kebbi State.[2]
Efu August 2009, Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko urged the Federal Government ki yeka kpoji irrigation project lẹ.[3] Minority Leader lẹ eyi Sokoto State House of Assembly, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, kakini N4 billion Na need atodu kuma kpoji canalisation, amá N600 million ka tete ma provide tefu 2009 budget.[4]
Adiko ẹgba ukpoji August 2010, rainstorms jẹnwu dam lẹ ki chẹkọ wi dangerous levels. Yefu attempt kuma reduce risk of failure lẹ mafi gate nwụ bi ọjọ ejodud efu ochu September 2010, causing major flooding efu the downstream village yi Kagara. Ọjọ 8 September, the spillway ki kwi dam lẹ completely failed, causing much more widespread flooding.[5] The storm that caused the flooding may be part of a climate change pattern, with rising temperatures and more intense rainfall in the rainy season.[6]
References
nwọ́che- ↑ "Goronyo Main and Secondary Dam" (PDF). Sembenelli Consulting. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ↑ Tosin Omoniyi (20 December 2009). "A Dam of Controversy". Newswatch. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ↑ Abdulfatai Abdulsalami (27 August 2009). "Sokoto Demands Completion of Goronyo, Shagari Dams". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ↑ Mahmoud Muhammad (30 August 2009). "Lawmaker Tasks Federal Govt on Agriculture". Leadership. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ↑ "Floods in Nigeria: 'All their homes, crops, and food destroyed'". Médecins Sans Frontières. September 13, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ↑ "Survival in the Sahel". The Economist. Dec 2, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-11.