IRRIGATION FOR DESERT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17739, 28 March 1932, Page 8

IRRIGATION FOR DESERT

DAM TOR UPPER NILE KHARTUM, Fob. 27. The barren deserts of, Egypt will bo transformed into fertile, crop-bearing plains when two great engineering projects,, now being drawn up by Egyptian and British experts, are carried out. For 17 years, the political intrigues: in Cairo have prevented collaboration between the British and Egyptians in bringing the scheme near to realisation. Now, however, there is definite hope not only for the long-delayed dam on the upper Nile, but also for the 550 : mile canal, which, will drain the vast swamps of the . northern Sudan and divert water to desert lands. At present the waters coming down from Lake Albert disperse into the swamp, where they are. absorbed or evaporated. An aerial survey, however,, lias shown that many old river bods and waterways can he connected to pass through the swamp and allow the water to drain.north ward, irrigating thousands of square miles of waste land. As early as 1914 a, great dam was planned to collect' - the waters of the. White .Nile at Hebei Auiia, 24 miles above Khartum. After the World War, however, constant antagonism .between the Waitlist governments and the British halted the work. Now, however, a £4,000.000 project is expected to receive the Egyptian Government’s approval. f

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