Jubouri calls for "water crisis"
19/2/2018 12:00 am [rtl]Al-Janabi unveils a canal project to deliver "sea water" to the desert BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim Jubouri and the Ministry of Water Resources to the need to find ways to address the water crisis, as revealed to give the Finance Committee parliamentary one week to resolve the budget this year. The parliamentary session in the House of Representatives on Sunday hosted the Minister of Water Resources Hassan al-Janabi, who stressed that the scarcity has decreased with the recent rain wave, revealing at the same time the ministry's possession of strategic projects to establish a canal similar to the Suez Canal to deliver seawater to the land The desert. Interview with Abadi In a statement issued by the Information Department of the Council, received the «morning», a copy of it, said that Jubouri announced at the outset of the meeting, to give the Finance Committee one week to resolve the financial budget for 2018, revealing the existence of an intention to hold a meeting with the Prime Minister and with the participation of the Finance Committee to resolve Budget, with the call for deputies to hold a meeting on Tuesday of next week. According to the statement, the Council hosted in a deliberative session of deputies, on Sunday, Minister of Water Resources Hassan al-Janabi and his accompanying delegation to discuss the water crisis, while President Jubouri welcomed the minister and his accompanying delegation. He called on the Speaker of the House of Representatives to find ways to cope with the water crisis and its disposal, stressing the readiness of the Council to listen to the demands of the ministry on the nature of the task entrusted to the House of Representatives and ministers to approach neighboring countries, according to the statement. Strategy until 2035 The statement pointed out that the Minister of Water Resources praised the role of the House of Representatives in following up the water issue, reviewing the procedures of the upstream countries and the outbreak of wars and waves of scarcity and the flood cases that Iraq has suffered over the past decades and its impact on development. He stressed the existence of a strategy to work on the ministry until 2035, Agricultural and food sectors with the changes taking place, especially since the Ministry of Water Resources is responsible for water management and not for use. Al-Janabi said that Iraq's actual need of 50 billion cubic meters per year, if available, would allow for the implementation of everything related to water, pointing out that the scarcity has become less severe with the recent rain wave, according to the statement. The minister said that the ministry expected a water shortage in the country since last September, and succeeded after several meetings with the Turkish side to postpone the filling of the Turkish Alesso dam beyond the month of June, praising at the same time, the diplomacy and professional handling led by officials Iraqis with Turkish authorities. Al-Janabi said, according to the statement, the need for overlapping water interests with Turkey as it will ensure Iraq to obtain full quotas, revealing the formation of four technical committees of high level to communicate with the Turkish side to increase bilateral cooperation. Run Dam Ilisu statement noted that the minister said during the meeting, that the agreement on the mechanism of operation of dam Ilisu after fullness will ensure Iraq 's full water quotas based on international law , which does justice to Iraq as a state of the mouth, indicating breaking the expected scarcity and success in the coming winter plan. Al-Janabi called for an increase in financial allocations in the budget for the establishment of desalination plants in some of the provinces that suffer from scarcity, "stressing the importance of removing excesses on the river, especially as the ministry raised 923 transgressions and established 780 complaints against the offenders with the cleaning of 300 kilometers of grasses of irrigation channels , According to the statement. He pointed out that the dam of Derbendikhan has become out of service after the earthquake that hit the country and needs 30 million dollars for rehabilitation, noting that 100 billion dinars were allocated in the budget to prevent floods have been deleted, which requires return to prevent flooding and address water scarcity, according to the statement. Flood prevention item The statement said that the meeting was chaired by Sheikh Hamam Hamoudi, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives put forward the interventions of MPs, as MP Fratt Tamimi, the Chairman of the Committee on water and marshlands to include 100 billion dinars under the item to prevent flooding and water scarcity within the budget law 2018, With the Ministry of Water Resources to discuss the water crisis. The statement issued by the House of Representatives that the MP Hassan Salem said during the meeting the absence of any diplomatic solutions to address the water crisis, calling for real investment of rain water and waste, but MP Hamid al-Khudari urged the House of Representatives to accelerate the legislation of the Supreme National Council for Water to resolve the water crisis, Internally or with neighboring countries as well as the importance of developing the capacity of water reservoirs. Consolidate diplomatic efforts MP Ammar al-Tohme called for concerted political efforts, especially the three presidencies, with the concerned committees to discuss the water crisis with the Turkish side, especially with regard to the Syrian dam Elissu . MP Muthanna Amin pointed out the importance of adopting technical and diplomatic solutions to solve the water crisis, calling for the establishment of new dams in the region. MP Mohammad Naji, in the presence of the head of the Council of Ministers to the House of Representatives to expand the debate on the water crisis, calling on the ministry to defend their rights to obtain their share in the financial budget. Janabi: Water can not be stored In response to the interventions, the Minister of Water Resources stressed that the demand to build the dams depends on the abundance of water, but Iraq suffers from a shortage of water, explaining the need to maintain the existing dams periodically and can not be stored in the south or Shatt al-Arab The fact that the land is flat and the water stored will be salty, explaining that the problem of water in Basra is related to the breakage of fresh water from rivers that flowed like the Karun and Karakha rivers and others. Al-Janabi pointed out that the ministry and in cooperation with the relevant ministries have taken 24 measures to address the water crisis, as it dug about 90 thousand wells for groundwater throughout Iraq to address the scarcity, stressing that the ministry has a water reservoir can beyond the summer without ignoring the importance of rationalization of consumption, According to the statement. The minister said that the people of the marshes suffer as a result of low water levels and drought, which requires the provision of relief aid, denying the existence of water lost to the waters of the Gulf, if it will address the salinity of water in the province of Basra, according to the statement of the House of Representatives. The statement said that al-Janabi revealed the ministry's possession of strategic projects to establish a canal similar to the Suez Canal in order to deliver seawater to desert lands, whether in Muthanna or other provinces, in a way that contributes to supporting agriculture and entering ships.[/rtl] [rtl][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [/rtl] |
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