The head of the irrigation department confirms: We have a plan to meet the need for water throughout the summer
Engineer Mahmoud Al-Saadi, head of the irrigation department, said that the ministry has a plan to meet the needs of the concerned sectors of water for the maximum season of "summer" needs. He pointed out that the water drainage is conducted according to the actual needs and that operating rooms have been formed in all governorates, With the Central Operations Room of the Ministry, in addition to a room on the "Watsab" that includes all the leaders of the Ministry to communicate and work to resolve any complaints .
Al-Saadi said in a statement to the "seventh day" that he is being reassured on the network of canals and banks to accommodate the necessary water actions during the maximum current needs .
The measures taken by the Ministry of Irrigation to meet the increasing water needs include reducing the incidence of water-consuming crops, especially rice, by reducing the area from 1.3 million feddans to 724,000 feddans, as well as the development of early maturing varieties, hybrid rice, and short-lived maize, , And the expansion of the cultivation of a few watercourses, which bear the conditions of drought and salinity of soil and high temperature in desert areas, such as barley, vegetables, olives, figs, palms, oil crops, medicinal and aromatic plants that are cultivated in desert lands and Characterize higher productivity, and the cultivation of innovative plants based on water resources untapped .
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