25 April 2013
Some 20 water supply projects worth 52 trillion rials will be implemented across the country in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the energy minister.
Majid Namjou also said precipitation level has increased by 15 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian year, compared with the corresponding figure of last year, Mehr News Agency reported.
Referring to the implementation of water transfer project from Dez River to Qomroud River, he said Iran is an arid country, hence water should be used in the best possible manner.
He noted that some 203 millimeters of rain have fallen in the country since September 23.
Namjou further said important projects have become operational in the current year named Year of Political Epic, Economic Epic, adding that the ministry has launched executive operations of Bakhtiari Dam, with a height of 325 meters, which is the tallest concrete dam of the country.
The minister referred to Gotvand-e Olya Dam as one of the most important water projects recently inaugurated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Namjou said that an 8-percent economic growth rate has been projected for the country, noting that infrastructural projects implemented by the Energy Ministry will go on stream in the shortest period of time.
Some 20 water supply projects worth 52 trillion rials will be implemented across the country in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the energy minister.
Majid Namjou also said precipitation level has increased by 15 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian year, compared with the corresponding figure of last year, Mehr News Agency reported.
Referring to the implementation of water transfer project from Dez River to Qomroud River, he said Iran is an arid country, hence water should be used in the best possible manner.
He noted that some 203 millimeters of rain have fallen in the country since September 23.
Namjou further said important projects have become operational in the current year named Year of Political Epic, Economic Epic, adding that the ministry has launched executive operations of Bakhtiari Dam, with a height of 325 meters, which is the tallest concrete dam of the country.
The minister referred to Gotvand-e Olya Dam as one of the most important water projects recently inaugurated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Namjou said that an 8-percent economic growth rate has been projected for the country, noting that infrastructural projects implemented by the Energy Ministry will go on stream in the shortest period of time.
© Iran Daily 2013
