Fuel Storage Facilities: A DPA LoC
US$26.75 million project for construction of
60 million litre Fuel Storage Facility for Petrol
and Diesel. Construction began in March 2013
and has been completed. Located at three cities
viz., at Lilongwe the capital, at Mzuzu 200 km
north of Lilongwe and Blantyre 350 km south
from Lilongwe. The Lilongwe Fuel Storage was
offi cially commissioned on 6 December 2017
by H.E. Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, President
of the Republic of Malawi and the Mzuzu
and Blantyre Fuel Facilities were offi cially
commissioned on 20 July and 21 December
2018 by Hon. Aggrey Masi, Minister of Natural
Resources, Energy and Mining, respectively.
Dal Processing Plant: A DPA LoC US$5.96
+ 2.5 mn million dollar project for construction
of Pigeon Peas – Toor Dal processing plant.
Construction started in September 2015 and
was commissioned in July 2016. The processing
plants are located at Liwonde and Luchenza,
250 and 300 km from Lilongwe.
Sugar Processing Facilities: A DPA LoC
US$33.64 million project for construction of
a Sugar processing plant. Construction began
in March 2013 and was completed in October
2015. Offi cially commissioned on 15 August
2016 by H.E. Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika,
President of Malawi. Located at Salima, 100
km from Lilongwe in a Sugarcane producing
district. The Salima Sugar plant has a capacity
to consume 1250 metric tons of sugarcane
per day in an 8-hour shift. The plant is fully
functional and in the year 2017 produced 4,500
metric tonnes. The plant is expected to surpass
this output by 167% to 12,000 metric tonnes
for the year 2018.
Supply of PVHO: A DPA LoC US$9.01
and US$13.90 million project involving the
supply of Tractors, Disc Harrow, Heavy earth
moving machinery, graders, bulldozers etc., A
project of 2009 and handed over to Government
of Malawi.
Construction of New Water Supply
System: A DPA LoC US$23.5 million project
for the construction of a New Water Supply
System from Likhubula River in Mulanje
to Blantyre. The President of Malawi H.E.
Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika performed the
ground-breaking ceremony for the project on
7th November 2016 at the Mulanje mountain
foothills. The project is being executed by
Indian contractor SMC Infrastructure Mumbai
and is expected to increase the supply of
water to Blantyre by 20 million litres per
day. 55 percent of the project was completed
by December 2018 and remaining is to be
completed by June 2019.
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