Representatives: The legislative recess postpones approving the budget to next March

[size=52]Representatives: The legislative recess postpones approving the budget to next March[/size]


[size=45]Baghdad / bright news

[size=45]Yesterday, Wednesday, a ministerial meeting concluded with expanding the winter agricultural plan by adding two million dunums, while a water specialist confirms that the amounts of rain that fell did not contribute much to increasing the country's strategic reserves.[/size]

[size=45]The government media cell stated, in a statement received by (Al-Mada), that "the Minister of Water Resources, Awn Dhiab Abdullah, chaired the meeting of the permanent joint committee between the ministries of water resources and agriculture."[/size]

[size=45]The statement added, "The meeting was devoted to considering the expansion of the winter agricultural plan for this year."[/size]

[size=45]He pointed out, "This came based on the decision of the Council of Ministers, which determined the reconsideration of the winter agricultural plan after the 25th of November, in light of developments in the water situation."[/size]

[size=45]The statement pointed out that "the two ministries agreed to add an area of ​​one million dunums to the approved winter agricultural plan, so that the total area cultivated based on surface water would be (2,500) million dunums."[/size]

[size=45]And he stressed, "This comes as a result of the relative improvement in water imports as a result of the rainfall and torrential rains that swept the governorates during the past few days."[/size]

[size=45]And the statement went on, that "the conferees emphasized focusing on the areas located on the main rivers, creeks, and channels."[/size]

[size=45]For his part, water researcher Adel Al-Mukhtar said, "There are two types of rain. The first is that which fell on cities and caused problems and blockages due to mismanagement, as happened in Kirkuk and Baghdad, which is repeated every year."[/size]

[size=45]Al-Mukhtar continued, "The second type is rain that is stored in dams, especially that which falls on Samarra in the north, up to the Iraqi borders with neighboring countries."[/size]

[size=45]He pointed out, "As for the rain that falls south of Samarra, it is for the irrigation of crops, coinciding with the start of the winter season and farmers waiting for such rains."[/size]

[size=45]And Al-Mukhtar said, "The second part of the southern rain goes to feeding the marshes and supporting the position for them, as well as a third part to push the salty shaft in Basra and feed it with fresh water."[/size]

[size=45]He stressed, "The Ministry of Water Resources is supposed to reduce releases during the rains that helped irrigate crops, but we see that the ministry continues to push releases, and it has reached more than 500 cubic meters." According to Al-Mukhtar, “This means that the amounts of rain that fell are not large, and it cannot be used for storage or completing the first irrigation of crops.”[/size]

[size=45]He stressed, "The former Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Al-Hamdani, had stated that Iraq is on the verge of a new dry season."[/size]

[size=45]Al-Mukhtar finds, "These statements suggest that the rain will be few, because the ministry has information from weather authorities about the rain situation in advance."[/size]

[size=45]The forecasts of the Meteorology Authority had indicated that the rain waves would continue during the coming days, while the Ministry of Water Resources confirms that the quantities of water currently available do not constitute more than 14% of the Iraqi reservoirs.[/size]
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