Khartoum — Youssef Tahir Qureshi, an adviser to the governor of Sudan's Northern state on electricity and dam matters, said that the Kajbar dam project is expected to flood 12 villages in the east and west banks of the river Nile covering 3,600 acres
Despite this, Qureshi said that the government is determined to proceed with the dam construction which is expected to generate 360 megawatts of electricity.
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