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"And that" living on the slope of "the most dangerous dam in the world."
Nineveh / AFP
"And that" living on the slope of "the most dangerous dam in the world."
Nineveh / AFP
Disputed the feelings of anxiety and questioning residents of the town and it islocated on the slope of the Mosul Dam, about reports of a possible collapse of the dam suddenly could lead to the sinking of their town completely within minutes.
The suffering of Mosul Dam , which was built during the reign of the former regime from a structural problem prompted the engineers at the US Army to described as " the most dangerous dam in the world" in a report published in 2007. the problem necessitated the establishment of a mechanism for filling the dam continuously over 24 hours per day cement materials. But maintenance work stopped after the attack by theorganization "Daash" in the region in June 2014. In spite of the restoration of the government of the area forces, maintenance work does not resume quickly and effectively.
The fall "and that" about ten kilometers to the south of the dam, which is the nearest towns and the most vulnerable in the event of a collapse.
experts say the collapse of the Mosul Dam would lead to a rush of millions of cubic meters of water that may reach a height of more than 15 meters.
issued a US embassy in Baghdad , a report last week recommended to the empty plug connector from water in order to protect about a million and a half million people. The report called for the need to move away residents of the cities of Mosul and Tikrit , between five to six kilometers from the banks of the Tigris River to be safely.
So far, life continues as normal in that in which about ten thousand people live. And you can see children playing outside the house, cows grazing in an extended fields on the side of the Tigris River.
The trust of some parents to local authorities by following with concern warnings office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi and US forces.
He says Fadel Hassan Khalaf (52 years), a government employee is still remembers construction of the dam in the eighties of the last century was a period, told AFP : "We rely on the Iraqi experts who say that there are no fears of a collapse of the dam, which is just a publicity stunt.
" I will not be able to survive , "
but Bashir Ismail , 63, a shopkeeper in it the Lord of official 's family for 13 children, a real concern live. he says , "if the dam would collapse, they have told us to leave the area, and impossible not tell us."
and feels a government employee Zed Saeed , 31 , was the biggest concern. he says in turn , " I will not lie, We are very afraid of the collapse of the dam. "He continues , " many people think to leave their homes and go to the Kurdistan region , "near the province of Nineveh.
He adds Said, which is seen with a group of his friends to the river 's water level where the dam is located," we do not know what to do, Daash We have guns and we receive, and the dam behind us and be afraid of itscollapse. "
controlled organization Daash after a ferocious attack in June 2014 on the broad areas in northern Iraq ,including Mosul dam for a limited time before he regains the area of government forces. Kurdish Peshmerga forces and would protect the dam now. The
Iraqi government signed earlier this month a contract from the company "Trevi" Italian valued atapproximately $ 300 million to carry out the restoration of the dam in order to prevent a catastrophe.
It is expected , local officials said this begins a rapid business due to mounting concern about the status of the dam with increasing the melting of snow in the coming days , and the high water level in the dam 'sreservoir.
and believes the dam water and electricity to most of the area of Mosul, also used water stocked irrigate large areas in the province of Nineveh.
in spite of the prevailing anxiety, the dam manager Mohsen Hassan says to Agence France - Presse "after theliberation of the dam from the control Daash, we examined the foundations and found not exposed to any danger."
according to the US Army engineering team who spoke about the "erosion in the foundations of the dam", the "Mosul dam is the most dams world 's dangerous."
he ordered Prime Minister Iraqi Haider Abadi accelerate actions to address the imbalance after the US warnings.
However , the director of hand and that Mohammed Saleh says to AFP : "There is not yet any official warnings or emergency plan, and things are going normally."
he adds , "but if the dam collapsed, we can not survive In any case"
The suffering of Mosul Dam , which was built during the reign of the former regime from a structural problem prompted the engineers at the US Army to described as " the most dangerous dam in the world" in a report published in 2007. the problem necessitated the establishment of a mechanism for filling the dam continuously over 24 hours per day cement materials. But maintenance work stopped after the attack by theorganization "Daash" in the region in June 2014. In spite of the restoration of the government of the area forces, maintenance work does not resume quickly and effectively.
The fall "and that" about ten kilometers to the south of the dam, which is the nearest towns and the most vulnerable in the event of a collapse.
experts say the collapse of the Mosul Dam would lead to a rush of millions of cubic meters of water that may reach a height of more than 15 meters.
issued a US embassy in Baghdad , a report last week recommended to the empty plug connector from water in order to protect about a million and a half million people. The report called for the need to move away residents of the cities of Mosul and Tikrit , between five to six kilometers from the banks of the Tigris River to be safely.
So far, life continues as normal in that in which about ten thousand people live. And you can see children playing outside the house, cows grazing in an extended fields on the side of the Tigris River.
The trust of some parents to local authorities by following with concern warnings office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi and US forces.
He says Fadel Hassan Khalaf (52 years), a government employee is still remembers construction of the dam in the eighties of the last century was a period, told AFP : "We rely on the Iraqi experts who say that there are no fears of a collapse of the dam, which is just a publicity stunt.
" I will not be able to survive , "
but Bashir Ismail , 63, a shopkeeper in it the Lord of official 's family for 13 children, a real concern live. he says , "if the dam would collapse, they have told us to leave the area, and impossible not tell us."
and feels a government employee Zed Saeed , 31 , was the biggest concern. he says in turn , " I will not lie, We are very afraid of the collapse of the dam. "He continues , " many people think to leave their homes and go to the Kurdistan region , "near the province of Nineveh.
He adds Said, which is seen with a group of his friends to the river 's water level where the dam is located," we do not know what to do, Daash We have guns and we receive, and the dam behind us and be afraid of itscollapse. "
controlled organization Daash after a ferocious attack in June 2014 on the broad areas in northern Iraq ,including Mosul dam for a limited time before he regains the area of government forces. Kurdish Peshmerga forces and would protect the dam now. The
Iraqi government signed earlier this month a contract from the company "Trevi" Italian valued atapproximately $ 300 million to carry out the restoration of the dam in order to prevent a catastrophe.
It is expected , local officials said this begins a rapid business due to mounting concern about the status of the dam with increasing the melting of snow in the coming days , and the high water level in the dam 'sreservoir.
and believes the dam water and electricity to most of the area of Mosul, also used water stocked irrigate large areas in the province of Nineveh.
in spite of the prevailing anxiety, the dam manager Mohsen Hassan says to Agence France - Presse "after theliberation of the dam from the control Daash, we examined the foundations and found not exposed to any danger."
according to the US Army engineering team who spoke about the "erosion in the foundations of the dam", the "Mosul dam is the most dams world 's dangerous."
he ordered Prime Minister Iraqi Haider Abadi accelerate actions to address the imbalance after the US warnings.
However , the director of hand and that Mohammed Saleh says to AFP : "There is not yet any official warnings or emergency plan, and things are going normally."
he adds , "but if the dam collapsed, we can not survive In any case"
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