Metolong Dam is a dam outside of Maseru on route to Semonkong. It was build in 2015 so as to provide lowlands of the country with much needed water supply. Since 2018, it has been supplying 2/3 of the country with water.
The Metolong Dam offers up to 80 villages with electricity. During this project over 400 water points had been improved or constructed benefiting about 25 000 people.
Metolong Dam
Besides this vast technological and architectural marvel, there is another structure more popular with locals and internationals; the Metolong foot bridge.
The bridge is the longest foot bridge in Southern Africa, it spans over 249 meters. The bridge is also 50 meters above the river that flows under it.
It provides a much needed connection between two communities divided by the Phuthiatsana river.
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