[1] The dam supplies water to a 24 megawatts (32,000 hp) hydroelectric power station 1.9 km (1.2 mi) to the east, down in the valley.

[2][3] The dam and power station are operated and owned by Jirama and the four 6 megawatts (8,000 hp) Pelton turbine-generators were commissioned between 1958 and 1972.

[4] The expanded recurrence and force of environment related dangers (including floods, dry seasons and typhoons) is undermining the vocations, wellbeing and prosperity of populaces living in the waterfront zones of Madagascar.

Most neighborhood networks here live beneath the neediness line and depend intensely on downpour took care of agribusiness and beach front assets to help their jobs.

The venture expects to addresses the unfriendly impacts of environmental change on the beach front networks in four regions of Madagascar.