Photos of low levels of water in the Tigris River

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  • 8-05-2021, 22:37
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    INA - Baghdad
    Photography: Hussein Al-Wannan
     
    Iraqi News Agency (INA) documented the decrease in water levels in the Tigris River as it passed through the capital, Baghdad.
     
    The effect of reducing the flow of the Tigris River from the Turkish side on the water levels in its course.
     
    Ministry of Water Resources confirmed that it would take steps to preserve water reserves to cope with summer water scarcity.
     
    The lack of rain and the weak snow cover during the winter season in Iraq and the neighboring countries led to poor water revenues coming to Iraq," said the spokesman for the ministry, Ali Radi, to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
     
    "The Ministry of Water Resources followed clear procedures on this issue, which were represented with a policy of preserving water reserves," included the statement.