Homs-Sana
The Ministry of Water Resources and the Governorate of Homs today released water in the Houla irrigation network, northwest of Homs, after its rehabilitation, in cooperation with the United Nations World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The Director of Water Resources in Homs, Engineer Ismail Ismail, indicated that the project is located about 25 km northwest of the city of Homs, and the Taldo Dam is the main source feeding the irrigation network. The most important of which is wheat, pointing out that the release of water from the Taldo Dam towards the irrigation network in Houla came after the project was completely rehabilitated within a period of three months.
The Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Eng. Tammam Raad, explained in a press statement that the network area is more than 1,200 hectares irrigated from the Taldo Dam, whose storage volume is approximately 15 million cubic meters. Donors and putting them into service.
Raad indicated that the project contributes to stabilizing and supporting the livelihoods of the people of the region and supporting national production, especially with regard to strategic agriculture. 43 km.
In turn, Homs Governor Bassam Parsik pointed out the importance of rehabilitating the canal because the agricultural sector is one of the most important economic sectors in Homs Governorate, stressing that the return of this canal to work will contribute to revitalizing the agricultural sector in the region and will contribute to the return of people to their villages.
The head of the Agricultural Association in Taldo, Ishaq Tawfiq Moussa, indicated the importance of releasing water into the irrigation canal to secure a water source for irrigating the crops, which reduces costs for farmers and revives the crops.
In addition, Minister Raad was briefed on the progress of work in the project to replace the sewage network in the Bab Al-Sebaa neighborhood in the city of Homs, the final works of the Al-Kasara pumping station project, which serves the craft area, the Al-Kassara neighborhoods and Deir Baalba, and the reality of irrigating the wheat crop in the northern countryside of Homs Governorate and the irrigated crops in the network Homs Hama irrigation.
Saba Khairbek
