Construction work to raise Seychelles' main reservoir -- La Gogue Dam -- to increase its water storage capacity is expected to start in November, a top official of the Public Utilities Corporation said.
The level of the reservoir, built in 1969 in the northern Mahe district of Anse Etoile, will be raised by six metres to increase its storage capacity by 60 percent.
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