Water resources reassure citizens of the flood wave

Water resources reassure citizens of the flood wave



4/17/2017 0:00

Baghdad / provincial / morning
It assured the Ministry of Water Resources of the citizens coming from the upper Tigris River flood wave as a result of heavy rain in the «Lasky Kalak» on Zab top, but it warned of squatters on the Tigris basin between Sharqat and Samara Barrage to take precautions and stay away from the river basin Boqs speed.
The ministry confirmed that the wave part of Lake Tharthar, revealing a great possession of a vacuum Khoznaa able to absorb.
In the meantime, the province of Diyala has taken precautionary measures in the river basin based on the ministry 's recommendations.
The Water Resources Minister Hassan al - Janabi said in a press statement, that there is a flood wave in the upper Tigris as a result of rainfall in Laski Kalak on top Zab, explaining that the discharge of about 5 thousand cubic meters per second.
The minister noted that the discharge of the Tigris River in Baghdad is currently 500 cubic meters per second, meaning that the next wave estimated ten times the flow of the Tigris in Baghdad.
He said there was no fear in Baghdad now, warning at the same time, the squatters on the Tigris basin between Sharqat and Samara Barrage to take precautions and stay away from the river basin at full speed.
For his part, a source familiar with the ministry did not want to be named, he said in a statement {morning}: that these very useful wave to promote water inventories in lakes and dams, adding that a large part of the wave will pass to Irthae Lake in accordance with the operational policy of the Ministry.
He assured the citizens, especially residents of the capital Baghdad , the next flood wave. For his part, said Mayor of Khalis in Diyala province , Uday Alkhaddran in a press statement, said that pure Qaimmqamah has taken precautionary measures in the Tigris Basin which include near the banks of the river areas, within the limits of the judiciary by inviting residents to caution and keep animals from banks and listen to our directives and their application immediately for any emergency.
He assured residents Alkhaddran that precautionary measures do not mean that the flood wave will reach the pure, but probably will lead to rising river water and this is confirmed at the moment and educate residents by the time now.
To confirm the Nineveh provincial council member Hossam Eddin Alabbar in a press statement, raising the levels of the Tigris River about 90 cm after the recent rainfall, indicating that it caused flooding in specific areas, with no registration of any casualties among civilians.
In the same context, the deputy governor of Salah al - Din Khaza'al Hammad warned against the rise of the Tigris river level for more than two meters in several areas of the governorate, calling on citizens to take all precautions from the height of the Tigris river level for more than two meters in several areas of the governorate, specifically near spend SHIRQAT areas.
For his part, Director of Water Resources said in Kirkuk , Shihab Hakim Nader, said that Kirkuk province , far from the risk of flooding because the course of the Tigris river is linked to the path of Nineveh and Salahuddin, while Kirkuk receives water stocks from the Zab River , which water is pumped to the Dokan dam in Sulaymaniyah.
He noted that this rain will have a great benefit in increasing water stocks closing the Dukan, as it was in the last statistics of about 502 cubic meters and it needs to about nine meters for the purpose of completing the filling up completely, he underlined that «these rains will raise stocks Dukan dam water and danger to Kirkuk flood ».

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