Fresh Impetus to Supply Water to Eastern Regions

Chabahar Free Trade Zone Organization, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and Iran East Supply and Development Infrastructures Co. signed a memorandum of understanding to divert water from the Oman Sea to Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces.
Abdolrahim Kordi, CEO of Chabahar FTZ, made the announcement on the sidelines on the signing ceremony on Monday in the port city of Chabahar (Sistan-Baluchestan Province), IRNA reported.
The only way to develop commerce and expand growth in Makran, a semi-desert coastal strip stretching along southeast Iran to Pakistan's Balochistan along the Persian Gulf, is to supply water from the Gulf of Oman, Kordi said.
“Transfer of water from the Persian Gulf—which connects the Arabian Sea to the Strait of Hormuz and, by extension, the Persian Gulf—is a necessity for large-scale development projects.”