Aras Water Transfer to Tabriz Awaiting Funds

The plan to transfer water from Aras River in northwest Iran to Tabriz in East Azarbaijan Province awaits the allocation of financial resources by the government, the provincial governor general said.
“One of the most important and largest infrastructural projects in the province, the water transfer plan needs to be accelerated by the Energy Ministry to help boost the economic development of the region,” Mohammad Reza Pourmohammadi was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
“The length of the water transmission pipeline from Aras River to Tabriz is 140 kilometers, of which about 35 km have been completed. Although environmental permits have been issued by the Department of Environment, the remaining 105 km have been waiting for the required funds for the past eight years.”