Dr. Khosrow Shahbazi Acting Head of FRWO announced in Esfahan that some 499 natural resources and watershed projects will be inaugurated on the occasion of victory of the Islamic Revolution throughout the country.

Dr. Khosrow Shahbazi Acting Head of FRWO announced in Esfahan that some 499 natural resources and watershed projects will be inaugurated on the occasion of victory of the Islamic Revolution throughout the country.

According to FRWO’s website Dr. Khosrow Shahbazi Acting Head of FRWO, in a trip to Esfahan on Saturday announced that on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, some 499 natural resources and watershed projects will be inaugurated with a total budget of 522 billion RLs throughout the country.

In the sideline of the ceremony, Dr. Shahbazi added “One of the interventions that help reduce damages of flash floods is to recharge aquifers and qanats with IWM techniques which is carried out in form of IWM projects throughout the country.

He reiterated “One of the challenges we are witnessing today in the country is the depletion of aquifers due to over-exploitation of water resources that IWM projects can play a decisive role in reviving them and consequently saving the livelihood of farmers.

In this ceremony, some 308 projects in agriculture sector were inaugurated with a total budget of 3310 billion RLs with the presence of Dr. Rezaei Governor General of Esfahan province of which 35 projects with a budget of 188 billion RLs belonged to natural resources and watershed management activities.

After the ceremony, Dr. Shahbazi departed for Barkhar township where he inaugurated two plantation projects for control of wind erosion hotspots and also visited the progress of other projects funded by National Development Fund in the region.

Source of news: http://www.frw.ir/02/En/default.aspx