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Upper Atbara Dams Complex Project starts to store water

Updated: Jan 15,2015 2:19 PM     Xinhua

A cameraman films the dam during a ceremony marking the start of water storage of the Upper Atbara dams complex in Kassala, Sudan, Jan 14, 2015. The Upper Atbara Dams Complex Project, built by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) and the China Water and Electric Corporation (CWE), began to store water on Jan 14. The project, which started in May 2010, is set to store up to 3 billion cubic meters of water and provide water for some 7 million people in Sudan.[Photo/Xinhua]

People celebrate after the ceremony marking the start of water storage of the Upper Atbara dams complex in Kassala, Sudan, Jan 14, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

Wang Lin, general manager of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC), addresses the ceremony marking the start of water storage of the Upper Atbara dams complex in Kassala, Sudan, Jan 14, 2015.[Photo/Xinhua]