Water resources in Wasit: authorities turned the Tigris to dump their waste

Water resources in Wasit: authorities turned the Tigris to dump their waste


 Wasit / Jabbar Bjay

Embarked on Water Resources Directorate in Wasit province, a broad campaign for the removal of waste and irregularities from the Tigris River , which passes in the city of Kut central basin, as called for citizens to cooperate with them to protect the river from pollution, warned specialize in the environmental field of health disaster in the event of failure to deter abuses on Tigris. The director of the Department of Water Resources in Wasit Najeeb Al - Awadi (range), " The Ministry of Water Resources Based on its responsibility to maintain rivers and prevent the excesses that you get and taboos directly and under the guidance of the Minister of Water Resources Hassan al - Janabi , it has been campaigning to lift the rubble and waste from the basin Tigris River in the city of Kut, particularly in the Corniche area behind the helm of Kut. "
He added al - Awadi, that " the campaign was marked by a community with the participation of a large addition to government participation represented by the executive and legislative , and this stems from the very careful on the importance of the river and the preservation of the excesses that get it , " noting that " the campaign aims to raise the large amounts of garbage and other waste that is Bermaha owners near the river areas , whether residential areas or commercial markets and non - resident, as has been used dozens of mechanisms for this purpose and raise tens of tons of waste that these various distorted view of the river and changed its features very much. "
Al - Awadi stressed that " the absence of social and moral responsibility, ignorance of environmental standards and the importance of the entities that are overtaking the river and exploit it to throw different waste what shows great ignorance and clear among those entities that are not aware of the environmental risks are reflected as a result of those of its work."
He appealed to the Director of Water Resources in Wasit everyone " to maintain the Tigris River , which is an important milestone of Iraq 's landmarks and without prejudice to the full membership in any form, but the opposite has to be exploited for tourism and the establishment of recreational and water cities on its banks , especially within the boundaries of cities passing where including the city of Kut Ahtrha in half of which constitutes a carrot floating in it. "
For his part , says an activist in the field of environment Rahim striation (range), " The pollutants environment thrown in the Tigris River , especially within the boundaries of the city of Kut ratio ranging from 600 700% which is very high , " warning at the same time "for an environmental disaster threatening the lives of the population in the event of things continue as they are. "
Zebra added that "more environmental waste thrown into the river is the sewage medical and industrial waste carrying toxic chemicals may affect the lives of people as well as aquatic biology in the river."
He revealed the environmental activist from "the presence of more than 93 pipe the discharge of wastewater and water Alambazl to the Tigris River within the boundaries of the province and card discharge ranging from 150 700 cubic meters per hour and at a daily rate operation is limited to 8 to 14 hours , " pointing out that " dozens of civil pharmacies and a number of hospitals are throwing medical waste directly into the river, which had become a major threat to the health and the lives of residents of the city. "
He pointed striation to "the presence of remnants of many construction are thrown into the river basin using large mechanisms operating in broad daylight without that there will be a deterrent to their owners, as well as remnants of restaurants and various industrial projects , and these things have made the river dumping ground for wastes of all kinds affecting it is clearly very large," calling for " the need to install surveillance cameras on the shoulders of the river , at least within the boundaries of city centers going through the city of Kut , including monitoring bodies and people who are throwing waste in which to hold them accountable according to the law."
For his part , criticized the citizen Saif al- Badri through (term), " The Silence of the executive authorities in the application of deterrent measures against the authorities in violation of the regulations and instructions that prevent the discharge of the environment and throw any waste into rivers directly unless undergoing industrial processing."
He said Badri "low levels of river water is a contributing factor to the increase in environmental pollution , the fact that these pollutants are concentrated in specific areas of the river as a result of the lack of water flow makes them more special risk if those close to the parks and drinking water projects areas , " pointing out that "campaign carried out by the Ministry of water can not be meaningful because of people 's ignorance and lack of awareness of the importance of the river from the tourist and environmental aspects , and perhaps evidence that the subject of throwing waste and waste repeated the next day and without any moral scruples. "


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