Project to Facilitate Seawater Transfer to Sistan-Baluchestan

Members of the parliament approved an article on Wednesday, based on which the Energy Ministry will attract investment for desalinating water from the Sea of Oman to transfer it to the underprivileged Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
According to the article, the Energy Ministry is mandated to implement the project with the help of the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade and the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, ISNA reported.
Studies to transfer water from the Sea of Oman to three eastern provinces were completed last year. Extraction, desalination and transfer of water from the Oman Sea to Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi provinces, which have been long suffering from acute water shortages, are among measures taken by the government to combat drought and help ease access to water in the provinces.