MOWR: current situation of the marshes is the best and the levels are gradually rising

Baghdad-INA
The Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR) announced on Today, Monday, that the current situation of the marshes is the best, noting that the levels are gradually rising, while confirming the development of a plan to expand and deepen the marshes’ nutrients.
 
The Director General of the Marshes and Wetlands Restoration Center at the Ministry, Hussein Ali Al-Kinani, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the marshes have been greatly affected during the past three years as a result of the lack of revenues from the upstream countries and climate changes," noting that "the ministry has prepared a plan for the beginning of the rainy season to take advantage of The amounts of rain in the streams and rivers to release it to the marshes and benefit from the irrigation of agricultural areas.
 
He added, "The plan included releasing quantities of water to the marshes that are fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers," noting, "There is a gradual increase in the levels of the marshes."
 
He stressed that "the situation in the marshes is currently better than last year as a result of the exploitation of rainwater," pointing out that "the ministry has drawn up a plan to expand and deepen the marshes' nutrients and the waterways entering the marshes with the aim of settling the population."