New Egyptian engineering efforts protect South Sinai from floods
Egypt is working on establishing dams, artificial lakes and reservoirs to counter the torrential rains in South Sinai.
CAIRO — South Sinai is building water management projects to both protect the governorate from torrential rains and harness them for beneficial use.
Governor Khaled Fouda said that 44 dams and 229 artificial lakes have been established, along with 16 barriers, 15 reservoirs and five solar energy projects at a cost of 436.477 million Egyptian pounds (about $27.7 million). The projects will protect the Al Muzaina area, the Dahab Road, the Nuweiba sea port, Taba and Sharm El Sheikh, among others.
Following torrential rains in South Sinai, the governorate lifted the state of emergency on Dec. 19 amid full coordination with the heads of cities and neighborhoods to follow up on the conditions of torrent spillways. Meanwhile, heavy equipment was distributed to the locations of the torrents.
In his statement, Fouda announced that the governorate completed three projects at a cost of 500 million pounds about $31.7 million to shield the cities of Taba, Al-Tur and Nuweiba from torrential rains.
