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Egypt's irrigation minister inspects Gharbia water system and orders bridge maintenance
November 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM · Updated 1h ago
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MAMasrawy
وزير الري: انتظام وصول المياه لكفر الزيات واستقرار المناوبات بعد سنوات من شكاوى المزارعين
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يواليوم السابع
وزير الرى يتفقد حالة المنظومة المائية بمحافظة الغربية
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MAMasrawy
وزير الري يتفقد المنظومة المائية بالغربية ويوجه بصيانة كوبري على ترعة الباجورية
(opens the publisher’s site)Egypt's water resources minister Hani Sewilam toured Gharbia on Friday to inspect the irrigation system and ordered bridge maintenance and a land-use study.
- Sewilam inspected the Bahr Seif canal, the Dima feeding station off the Tala drain, and the Bagouriya canal in Kafr El-Zayat.
- He directed maintenance work on the km 71 bridge over the Bagouriya canal and a study of the Qasta bridge's status.
- He ordered a study on the best use of a Bahr Seif utility land plot for the area's residents.
- Farmers and the Kafr El-Zayat irrigation associations secretary told him irrigation water reaches their fields regularly year-round.
- Sewilam said he made the Gharbia visit immediately upon returning from Côte d'Ivoire, after an August 2024 visit to the end of Bahr Seif.
- Sewilam said water delivery and rotation schedules in Kafr El-Zayat had improved compared with previous years and farmer complaints had declined.