SHARJAH - The Agriculture and Environment Sector in Sharjah City Municipality has completed the project of cultivating the central island of Al Ittihad Street in the emirate by using the battery-powered Smart Electric Sockets for Sustainable Development for the first time in an agricultural project at the governmental level.

Thabit Salem Al Tarifi, Director-General of Sharjah Municipality, said that the municipality is continuously implementing the vision of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, who put great emphasis on agriculture to transform Sharjah into a picturesque oasis.

Al Tarifi pointed out that the municipality has planted more than 3,000 seedlings of shrubs and multi-coloured flowers on the central island, following methods of modern technologies and artificial intelligence in the new irrigation project. It will be completed in just four days, he added.

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