Efforts are racing to revive the marsh areas and rehabilitation of tourism

Efforts are racing to revive the marsh areas and rehabilitation of tourism



5/14/2017 0:00

BAGHDAD / roar Imad Nasiriyah / Hazem Mohammed Habib
Government efforts to revive the marshlands continue, especially after its annexation to the World Heritage list, and make the most important tourist sites in the world, as it contains the diversity of biological is replete with different types of plants and aquatic and terrestrial.
And pledged to the Ministry of Water Resources to secure the full water quotas of the marshes throughout the year, while completed the Ministry of Transport for the rehabilitation of the Alkermasah train station on the outskirts of Hor ass west in Dhi Qar province statements, while Marshes Chabaish is witnessing huge demand from investors for the establishment of tourism projects fit in with the nature of the
marshes.
Maintaining water levels
, said Water Resources Minister Hassan al - Janabi: The ministry is working to secure adequate water quotas for the areas of the marshes throughout the year, similar to what secured by the Ministry of quotas for the provinces, adding that it does not mean a decrease or increase in the levels of water marshes, given because of the scarcity of uncontrolled. Rehabilitation of a train station for his part, revealed the railway company branch in Dhi Qar, the Ministry of Transport director Abdullah Sagt "morning" for the completion of statements to rehabilitate a train station Alkermasah on the outskirts of Hor ass - west, as included a dock with umbrellas for travelers and four joints to open the station crossing. He added that the statements will be presented to the Ministry of Water Resources to obtain the necessary approvals and to begin work, pointing out that if the issuance of approvals, the plant will turn into an attraction for tourists , as travelers will be able to get off at Alkermasah and boating directly. It turns hundreds of tourists currently through trains to Nasiriyah station, including the bus to the marsh areas in the district Chabaish. Housing units so, said the municipality of Dhi Qar , director of Hassan Daadouch, "morning", said the municipal directorate in the province completed a special project set up a tourist complex in the marshes Chabaish includes 25 units tourist with apartments fit marsh environment designs, as it will be implemented according to the law Musataha . He added that this project comes within unremitting endeavors to develop marsh areas, in order to provide appropriate places for tourists, revealed the existence of investment companies have expressed willingness to implement tourism projects there, it has become one of the most polarized tourists areas. Tourist village for his part, said Mayor spend Chabaish Badi Alckheon told the "morning", said the fishing club put forward a project to set up a tourist village integrated in the judiciary with an area of more than 10 acres, featuring a five - star hotel with a capacity of 56 rooms and a restaurant accommodate for 300 people and a café for 350 people with Hall of nine occasions for 300 people. He added that the project also includes the construction of the city of games and sports arenas for football, tennis and marina for boats and green spaces and parking, that cost him support way ESTIMATED $ 11 million. Divided marshes geographically into two groups, the first located east of the Tigris River , and the most important is Hovaiza and an area inside Iraq , about 2863 square kilometers, while the second group are the marshes to the west of the Tigris, and the most important Hammar , which covers an area of about 2441 square kilometers, and there are other Marshes called "Marshes of the Euphrates ". The total area of the marshes, between 9000 - 20,000 square kilometers, and is located within the provinces of Maysan , Dhi Qar and Basra. Humanitarian initiative and in the same file, the Commission has set up voluntary work in the House Children Culture Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities celebration especially for the children of the marshes on the occasion of the Iraqi orphan. The committee responsible Aghadir Mahdi "morning": that the ceremony was organized in cooperation with the popular crowd under the slogan of (our children ... our future) and Qaimmqamah spend Chabaish and a group of civil society organizations. She said that the activities of the ceremony included the screening of two films, the first of the marshes and the second heroics popular crowd in Nineveh and then followed show a musical (Ohuarna the Garden of Eden) of the performance of the Technical Division of the House and three of the children 's creators, as well as to provide cultural events targeted included the establishment of a photo exhibition photographic body of the victories of the popular heroes of the armed forces and the crowd, and has set up a free ceremony in which a group of children participated marshes. She Mahdi, said the ceremony also saw the distribution of gifts among the children of martyrs, pointing out that this initiative is not the last point of departure and promised to deliver humanitarian and cultural message, as well as the delivery of art and entertainment programs to all children.

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