To Dam of Plakiotissa in Mesara, Crete The Prime Minister was found Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who welcomed the project, which remained unfinished for many years.
“This project started in 2007 and I am very pleased that in our days the main barrier Completed and we now have secured funding to proceed immediately to auctioning of networks, so that we can irrigate about the 30,000 acres of productive Cretan land »he said.
The barrier is part of the wider strategy for completion of important water management infrastructures, while Mr Mitsotakis referred to the government’s headquarters in the field of Crete’s water management.
Irrigation works
‘Yesterday the relevant contract for the cluster of Bramianon And we have been extensively mentioned in the rest of the big and medium -sized projects. We attach great importance, with both relevant ministries, to completing a series of half -finished large irrigation projects that are all over the country, because it is really a shame for the Greek taxpayer to have spent many millions of euros, the farmers are waiting for the water to wait.
The Plakiotissa It is such an example, how we can quickly catch the thread, solve chronic pending, and hope to be paid soon, help us a little bit and the weather and rainfall. We are talking about a large barrier, 18 million cubic meters, which will be able to secure our farmers anymore that they will need no drilling or other ways to water their fields, “he said.
The prime minister explained that “every time we have such a large irrigation work, the very productivity of private land itself is greatly increased. And of course because here the area is the protagonist in the primary sector, what we have to do is to provide it with sufficient water and we will do it. ”
Holistic Water Management Study of Crete
THE Kyriakos Mitsotakis He also stressed that a holistic waters of Crete is being launched.
The barrier is now in the first phase of filling, with the aim of seamless water supply of about 30,000 acres of land to strengthen the primary sector, which is particularly important for employment and wider economic activity in the region. At the same time, the study of irrigation networks has already been prepared, with the care of the Region of Crete.
The barrier will also contribute to better management of aquatic stock her Crete Throughout the year, as in winter there is a sufficient amount of water, thereby protecting the area and growers from the effects of water scarcity, especially during the summer months.
Earlier, the prime minister went to Pedestrian Heraklion, where he visited the village church and talked with the Mayor of Archanes-Asterousia Manolis Kokosalis and residents, who offered him local products.