The Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry, urged the citizens on Monday, to receive their information on a possible flood due to an increase in Nile water level only from the ministry to avoid misinformation and confusion.
The Ministry reported that it took all the precautionary measures in coordination with the concerned governorates to deal with any flood in order to protect properties and lives.
Also, the warning is issued only to those who cultivate lands lie within the route of the Nile river in violation of the laws regulating how to use the Nile waters.
The Ministry’s statement urged citizens to follow the instruction set by it in order to curb encroachments of the Nile route’s lands, a phenomenon that happened frequently during the latest years.
In addition, the lands unlawfully cultivated and lie within the Nile route will be affected by the flood, the same way they were affected by last year’s flood.
Beheira Governor Hisham Amna sent, on Monday, a letter to the heads of the local cities located on the Nile, urging them to ready themselves for the possibility of flooding throughout the next three days.
The letter was issued to the cities of Kom Hamada, Itay al-Barud, Shoubrakhit, Rahmaniyah, Mahmoudeya, and Rashid.
The governor called on the cities to immediately evacuate all at-risk buildings including houses, farms, retail stores, and fish cages located on the river’s soil deposits.
Furthermore, Amna prompted the cities to inform all citizens of the risk of possible property damage and/or loss due to the floods.
On other hand, the Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati, met on Sunday with the permanent Committee for Regulating the Revenue of the Nile River and urged the need to continuously follow up on possible flooding.
In contrast, Mohamed El-Sebaei, spokesman for the Ministry explained that the flood season began in August and will last three months.
He added that the ministry was monitoring the accumulation of water at the Aswan High Dam on a daily basis. The ministry has already started the regular maintenance of 117 flood drains.
Later, the Sudanese Irrigation Ministry reported that water levels of the Blue Nile are higher than levels reached during the historic 1988 flood.
According to Sudanese report, the floods damaged thousands of homes and buildings and threatened a few UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Sites and the Sudan national museum.
At least 17 of Sudan’s 18 states continue to experience flooding; Khartoum state was one of the worst hit.
Also, schools, shops and clinics have been damaged and large swathes of agricultural land flooded. In Kassala state, east of the capital Khartoum, all agricultural land is reportedly under water and crops have been destroyed.
The other most-affected states are North Darfur and Sennar, which, along with Khartoum, account for 43 per cent of all people affected, according to the report released by Sudan Floods Task Force.
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