World Heritage Group Clears $5 Billion Dam Near Victoria Falls
- Project lies downstream of Victoria Falls World Heritage Site
- Zambia, Zimbabwe want to develop Batoka to end power outages
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An agency of the United Nations has cleared Zambia and Zimbabwe to build a $5 billion hydropower dam downstream from Victoria Falls, a Unesco World Heritage Site, the authority overseeing its construction said.
The 2,400 megawatt Batoka Gorge project, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from the world’s largest waterfall, has been opposed by environmentalists because of the potential impact it would have on the cataract, a key tourist site for both countries, that spans the Zambezi River.