Varamin Plain Suffering From Water Shortage, Land Subsidence

Fertile lands of Varamin Plain, 40 km southeast of the capital, in the recent past were irrigated with water from Jajroud River, but with the construction of Latyan and Mamlou dams and the lack of water supply, farms in the region shrank but the rise in water withdrawal from groundwater resources led to land subsidence.
Farmers in Varamin annually produce 855,000 tons of agricultural, horticultural and livestock products worth about $167 million, IRNA reported.
After Latyan and Mamlou dams were built and the water rights of each of the agricultural and drinking sectors were determined, it was thought that Varamin’s agriculture would prosper, but the region’s water rights were never fully extended to the agricultural sector.