Kampala — A team of dam construction experts from Sinohydro Corporation China has said the cracks which were reported on the spillway at the Karuma Dam, currently under construction, are just common cracks in construction industry which are remediable and therefore will not affect the overall functionality of the 600MW dam.
This was contained in a report on "Dam Concrete Crack Analysis and Preventative/Improvement Measures," the experts handed over to Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) last week following three weeks of investigations.
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