The Ministry of Water Resources in collaboration with HALCROW group Ltd of UK Generation Integrated Rural Development Consultant of Ethiopia and TAHAL Engineering and Consulting Enterprise of Ethiopia organized consecutive review workshops which were held in the early mid of June, 2009 in Bahar dar.

As part of the preparation work of the project, HALCROW is undertaking the feasibility study on about 80,000 ha of Irrigation and Drainage Schems of Megech at Robit, upper Beles and Negeso.

On the other hand, TAHAL and Concert Consulting Enterprise are undertaking Feasibility Study and Detail Design of Irrigation and Drainage Schemes of Anger Dam, Ribb and Megech. On both occasions of the review workshops, H.E Ato Adugna Jebessa, State Minister, Ministry of Water Resources, warmly welcome and made the opening remarks to the members of the project steering committee coordinated from the concerned regional and federal bodies and invited experts.

In His opening remarks, H.E Adugna asserted that the Ministry of Water Resources selected projects included under the Eastern Nile Subsidary Action Program (ENSAP) and the World Bank has been actively engaged in supporting the NBI and interested to fund the study of 100,000 hectar of land and develop a portion of this (about 20,000 hectar) in our country.

The consulting firms submitted the draft report of their studies by presentation.  Then the participants of the review workshops made good discussions that enabled them critically examined and evaluated the Draft Reports that could give direction to the consultants and recommendation to the government.