Saturday 23/Aug/2025 – 11:02 AM
Dr. Hani Swailem, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, held a meeting to follow up the activities of the Nile River Development and Protection Sector, the sector’s efforts in removing encroachments in coordination with the relevant state agencies, the position of receiving the lands of the river from the Reconstruction Authority, and the rates of completion in the surveying work of the lands of the river, and ways to overcome any obstacles to receipt. The course of the Nile River.
During the meeting, procedures for receiving the lands of the river were presented from the General Authority for Reconstruction and Agricultural Development, and the current achievement rates in surveying work as a first step in the receipt procedures, where Dr. Swailem directed to continue the work of surveying, and made more effort to overcome any obstacles while working to raise the achievement rates in this regard, as he directed a timetable for surveying and receiving work to give priority to the lands of the river The capitals and cities of the Nile governorates before the lands of the river offering outside the cities, so that they can be optimally exploited in coordination with the devices of those governorates.
Inauguration of a project to produce modern digital maps of the Nile River
The sector’s plan was also presented in the production of modern digital maps for the Nile River, and the current procedures are currently in coordination with the relevant authorities to launch a project to produce modern digital maps for the Nile River, where Dr. Swailem indicated the importance of this project in supporting the preparation of research studies and supporting the procedures for follow -up on the status of the Hungarian, and providing better tools for the sector engineers in dealing with the river depending on the means and modern mechanisms.
With regard to the removal of encroachments on the course of the Nile River and its two snakes, the 27th wave was started to remove encroachments on the course of the Nile River, and 66 cases of infringement have been removed so far, after completing the two waves No. 25 and 26 during which 440 cases were removed on an area And the coordination of the Nile protection sector devices with the specialized security authorities.
Dr. Swailem stressed the continuation of the follow -up from all the Nile Protection departments to supply any attempts to infringe in its cradle and before their exacerbation, especially with the start of removing encroachments within the activities of the wave 27, with all cases studying accurately from all technical and legal aspects to determine the optimal path to deal with them.
