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Egypt announces Sinai water projects: 561 flood structures, 16 development clusters
October 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Water Resources Minister Hani Sweilam announced completed and ongoing irrigation, settlement, and flood-protection projects across Sinai on the October 6 anniversary.
- Sweilam said 561 flood-protection structures were built in North and South Sinai, including dams, barriers, and reservoirs.
- Egypt established 16 development clusters in North and South Sinai, comprising wells, farmland, housing, and service facilities, the minister said.
- Sweilam said 21 of 24 intakes on the Sheikh Jaber canal are complete, serving 125,000 feddans in Rabaa and Bir al-Abd.
- Sweilam said the two carrier lines of the Bahr al-Baqar treatment plant, capacity 5.6 million cubic meters daily, are 91 percent complete for irrigating 270,000 feddans.





