CHINESE COMPANY WINS WATER TENDER

The Mozambican government’s Water Supply Assets and Investment Fund (Fipag) announced on Friday in Maputo that the China Henan International Cooperation Group has won the tender to modernize the water supply network in the western province of Manica. Fipag project coordinator Sergio Cavadias said that under the contract, worth 42.4 million US dollars, the Chinese company will place 100 kilometers of pipes to increase water supplies to three towns in the province (Chimoio, Manica Town and Gondola), increasing the water supply tenfold, from 4,000 to 40,000 cubic metres a day.This contract is part of a program initiated in 2008 to increase the supply of piped water in these areas from the current 30 thousand people to at least 230 000 people, said Cavadias.China Henan International Cooperation Group (CHICO) is owned by the Government of the Chinese province of Henan. It has overseas offices abroad in more than 20 countries and regions in Asia, Africa and Europe,