75% of construction works of new Dairut barrage project completed

Seventy-Five percent of construction works of the new Dairut barrage project has completed, which aims to improve irrigation systems, especially in Upper Egypt’s governorates, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hany Sewilam in a statement on Sunday.

The new Dairut Barrages project is one of the huge projects carried out by the ministry to upgrade and maintain irrigation facilities across the country and aims to improve irrigation systems to serve 1.6 million feddans in the Upper Egyptian governorates of Assuit, Menya, Beni Suef, Fayyoum and Giza, the minister has said previously in another statement.

The project also includes the establishment of seven barrages with a system to manage and follow up water distribution in 45 areas covered by the project, the minister added.

According to the State Information Services (SIS), the Ministry of Irrigation signed on a protocol with Japan’s Sanyo Engineering and Construction for providing consulting services for the new Dairut barrage project. The deal was signed with the Cairo Water Week in 1018.

Built in 1872, the old Dairut barrage is one of the oldest water facilities and constructions in Egypt and the globe.

The old Dairut barrages are considered one of the oldest water diversion structures worldwide, as they were constructed in 1872 and consist of seven barrages that serve 1.5 million feddans across five governorates — Assiut, Minya, Beni Sueif, Fayyoum and Giza.