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- ↑ "RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF) FOR PROPOSED 340KM MBEYA –TUNDUMA–SUMBAWANGA 400KV TRANSMISSION LINE AND ~4KM TUNDUMA SUBSTATION TO TANZANIA-ZAMBIA BORDER 330KV TRANSMISSION LINE AND ASSOCIATED SUBSTATION AT TUNDUMA AND SUMBAWANGA" (PDF). Coalition for Human Rights in Development. Tanzania Electric Supply Company. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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