Baghdad The Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, confirmed that the Mosul Dam is safe and completely secured.
The ministry said in a statement that “the Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, visited Nineveh Governorate, accompanied by the administrative undersecretary of the ministry and a number of general managers, and met with the Governor of Nineveh Najm Abdullah Al-Jubouri,” noting that “during the meeting, the irrigation reality in the province and the ministry’s efforts to rehabilitate irrigation projects were discussed.” “.
The minister pointed out, “The visit to the province comes to follow up the work carried out by the ministry’s formations in the province, and that the ministry is working to complete the irrigation projects that were halted during the control of ISIS terrorist gangs over Nineveh province and to overcome all difficulties for the speed of its completion,” stressing “the safety of Mosul Dam, which is completely secured with pure Iraqi expertise, working around the clock to operate this important facility.
He explained that “the government, through the Ministry of Water Resources, is keen to obtain Iraq’s water rights through dialogue with neighboring countries, and there is a technical team from the ministry that will visit Ankara during the next few days to activate cooperation protocols and discuss Iraq’s water share, indicating that neighboring Turkey promised to share the damage during this period.” Noting that “the ministry is working to re-evaluate the status of Badush Dam, in coordination with international companies, and in the event that positive results of the re-evaluation appear, the ministry will begin to complete the dam.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency