724 Thousand 250 Decares of Land Will Have Water

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı emphasized that they continue to bring the power of water to the nation and strengthen the power of producers.

Minister Yumaklı stated that they started the construction works of the Iğdır Tuzluca Dam, Van Çaldıran Çubuklu Dam and Artvin Ardanuç Irrigation projects and said, “In this way, a total of 724 thousand 250 decares of agricultural land in our three provinces will have access to water. "May these investments in the field of water with a total contract value of 4 billion 567 million liras bring good luck to our producers, local people and our country." said.

Minister Yumaklı noted that the contract price of Iğdır Tuzluca Dam will be 3 billion 200 million lira, the amount of water to be stored will be 265 million cubic meters, the annual energy production will be 100 million kilowatt-hours and the area to be opened for irrigation will be 676 thousand 420 decares, and said, “The contract price of Van Çaldıran Çubuklu Dam will be 590 million. lira, the amount of water to be stored is 29 million cubic meters and an area of ​​37 thousand 900 decares will be opened for irrigation. "The contract price of the Artvin Ardanuç Irrigation work is 777 million liras and 9 thousand 930 decares of agricultural land will meet with water," he said.