Egypt constructs the largest man-made river in the world

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke, on Monday, about the New Delta Project and its importance to achieving food security for Egypt.

Work continues in the New Delta project on digging a man-made river to deliver the water needed to cultivate about 2.2 million feddans within the New Delta project in the Western Desert.

The construction of the river in the world with a length of 114 kilometres, is being implemented to use agricultural drainage, groundwater and surface water in agriculture.