Egypt facing Water problems

 

Egyptian women walk with buckets of water in al-Rahawe village, outside of Cairo

Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources of Egypt held a press conference to view what is happening on the scene Egyptian water and the prospects for cooperation with the Nile Basin countries. The method of crisis management within the ministry and with regard to water policy. And ways to address the problems of the citizens that they offer or talking about the media praising the role of the media as the eyes of the ministry to identify the problems facing the ministry and within the terms of reference and working to solve them. Stressing that dealing with all seriousness and communications packages. Calling in contrast to investigate the accuracy of the news published in the not to cause confusion in public opinion.

He explained that there are many challenges and problems of water in Egypt. For example more than 2-1 million acres are grown without violating Zmamat aqueous codified. And the national plan include planting 3.4 million acres the ministry is committed to providing the necessary water, adding that the possibilities of the ministry in the current situation experienced by Egypt can not address all of these infringements. So should spread awareness among farmers in conflict with the commitment Palm-guenn water and keep it.

He also demanded to reconsider in the cultivation of bananas and sugar cane, a crop voracious water and replace sugar cane, benjr-sugar grown in the new lands where the consumption of water naturally and can be grown on marginal lands.

The minister pointed out that there are 3 types of infringements are: encroachment on the Nile and encroachment cultivation contrary to ration irrigation. The encroachment on the drainage networks. Saying that the large size of the infringements as well as removals. But the size of the largest infringements. He pointed out that the most serious infringements of the Nile is the fish cages in the Rosetta branch. And that the government is serious in removing these encroachments.

On his visit to Sudan after taking the ministry pointed out that it was designed to unify the language between Egypt and Sudan to talk with the rest of the Nile Basin countries and work on finding a mechanism for continued cooperation with the Nile Basin countries, eastern and southern. He pointed out that he was sent a joint letter with the Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Minister in Rwanda to find some kind of a mechanism of cooperation with countries in the Nile basin deep.

And visit Ethiopia, the minister said that there was a meeting with the Minister of Irrigation Ethiopian to emphasize the cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia and the eternal relations.
And the importance of the visit to Stockholm explained that it included all ministers of the Nile Basin and who unanimously agreed on the importance of continued cooperation with the Nile Basin countries. Saying that the World Bank will provide support for 15 million dollars on a temporary basis for a period of two years to consolidate cooperation between the Nile Basin countries will be considered in a new initiative to support African countries for a period of 3 years.It has been assigned to the Water Institute in Sweden to evaluate the work of the initiative and the financial resources required to achieve this cooperation is expected out this assessment next few years.

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