Hama-sana
The works of the hydraulic linkage project between the Salhab Dam and the southern irrigation canal in the network of Tar Al-Ula Al Asharna have started, with the aim of exploiting the wasted water to irrigate 5,000 hectares of agricultural land.
In statements to SANA correspondent, Engineer Fadi Abbas, Director of Water Resources in Hama, stated that the purpose of the project, which costs more than 500 million Syrian pounds, is to make maximum use of the water availability in the Salhab Dam for irrigation of seasonal and intensified agricultural crops in the network of Tar Al-Ula Al Asharna, in the Maharda section, especially within months March, April, May, June and July, after these lands, which are estimated at 5 thousand hectares, obtained water by diverting their course to irrigation canals through this connection instead of being wasted.
Eng. Bassam Hammoud, head of the Al-Ghab Center in the Water Resources Directorate, indicated in a similar statement that the hydraulic connection project, which is expected to take a year to complete its work, is a channel that extends between the Salhab Dam and the Tor Al-Ula network, with a length of 1000 meters to support farmers' lands with irrigation water and put an end to waste. A large portion of the water from the Salhab filtering dam.
For his part, Engineer Fawzi Al-Raidi, the supervisor of the hydraulic connection project, said during the process of digging the canal, the surface water that appeared on the site at a depth of 5 meters was treated with rock and stone materials, after which the pipes were lowered and filled with sand in order to preserve them from the intensity of pressure, adding that the pipes are currently being laid with a diameter of 120 mm at The length of 250 meters between the Salhab Dam and the Tar Al-Ula water network, with the completion of technical drilling and rickshaws in order to control the water path and modify it due to the presence of obstacles to implementation such as trees and the garbage dump located in the place of the canal itself.
A number of farmers whose lands will benefit from this project emphasized that its great benefit in reviving their lands, supporting the agricultural production process, and encouraging them to plant various crops, especially during the period from spring to late summer, when crops need irrigation water.
Abdullah Sheikh
