Egypt Removes 60 Thousand Encroachments on   "Nile River ",   Canals

Egypt's government has intensified its efforts to monitor and remove any new encroachments on the Nile River and canals connected to it

The Egyptian authorities stress that any violations will be resolved. Egypt suffers from a deficit in its water resources and relies on its share of the Nile water to meet most of its needs, at a time when Ethiopia is anticipating the impact of Ethiopia’s filling of the Renaissance Dam reservoir located on the main tributary of the Nile.

According to a statement by the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel-Aty (Saturday), “the Ministry of Irrigation agencies continues to respond decisively to all forms of encroachments on waterways.”

The statement explained that "removing encroachments on waterways aims to achieve  good management, operation, and maintenance of the water system, and to ensure that the necessary water needs are provided to all beneficiaries."

The Egyptian Minister of Irrigation said that "more than 60,000 cases of encroachment on the course of the Nile, canals, drains and irrigation properties have been removed, with an area of about 8.70 million square meters."