Water Resources develop a plan to revive the marshes spate
11/13/2015
(Independent) .. Water Resources Minister Mohsen al-Shammari said that the ministry has developed an integrated and well thought out plan to take advantage of flood water to revive the marshes
Shammari said during his visit to the province of Maysan: that the cadres of the ministry and in the whole of Iraq is working and continuous efforts during the current rainy season to take advantage of rainwater and floods and within a broad plan to increase water levels in areas affected by drought during the previous season
He added that the rain that fell in the season and we have provided more than one billion m3 and if it continues it will be sufficient inventories for the next agricultural season
He pointed out that the cadres of the ministry and its mechanisms work in collaboration with all the service ministries, local governments and in the whole of Iraq in order to control the rain and discharged water in order not to harm the citizens
It is worth mentioning that the Minister of Water Resources arrived in Maysan province within a field inspection tour to include all of Iraq's provinces and was greeted by the governor of Maysan Ali Douai and a number of members of the provincial council and directors of departments. (End)
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