Reviewing Water Harvesting Projects in Khartoum
Sudan Events – Follow-ups
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in Khartoum State has begun reviewing water harvesting projects in safe areas of the state in preparation for the fall season to benefit from it for drinking by humans and animals, to provide pastures, to increase underground reserves, and to increase pastures and forests.
The Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation in Khartoum, Siralkhatm Abdul Latif Fadl Al-Mawla, said that the state has (13) dams and (324) excavations with a storage capacity of (48) million cubic metres.
The minister referred to the most important dams, which include the Al-Hasib Dam in the Wad Abu Saleh region, the Al-Inqaz and Barta dams in the Abu Dliq region, the Kanjar and Al-Salit dams in the Bahri region, the Mansourat Dam in the Omdurman region, and the Wadi Saydna and Wadi Al-Abyad dams in the Karari region.
He explained that there are more than (240) rural communities that depend entirely or partially on water harvesting projects to provide their drinking water needs for humans and animals in these areas.
SiralKhatm expressed his concern about the inaccessibility of some of these projects due to the security conditions due to the ongoing war in some of those areas, calling for the concerted efforts of these communities benefiting from them to preserve these excavations and dams, especially since all predictions indicate that the fall season will be promising this year.
SiralKhatm appreciated the role played by the Roads, Bridges and Water Drains Authority in Khartoum State for their cooperation and the roles they play towards these projects, and stated that the Governor of Khartoum, Ahmed Osman Hamza, is showing a growing interest in water harvesting projects.
