The President’s Initiatives Committee approved a package of dams and water canal projects and urgent protections in a number of regions of the country, as part of the continuous efforts to develop the infrastructure and strategic facilities sector at the country level, and in implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State And support of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
The new package included the construction of a dam in Wadi Naqab in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, with a height of 22 meters and a width of 257 meters, at a cost of 26.9 million dirhams, and a capacity of approximately one million cubic meters. The dam is being built in the main Wadi Naqab, which is six kilometers from the confluence The three valleys of the Al-Fahalin area, which will reduce the flow of water to residential neighborhoods, enhance the groundwater storage in agricultural areas, and will be followed later by laying specific water channels with regular and lined paths, lakes and barriers to absorb and store the largest amount of rain water, and prevent waste.
The new package adopted a number of dams and canals, urgent protection works in the eastern coast regions, Masfoot, Al-Siji and Shoka areas with a total cost of 122.6 million dirhams, and the construction of Al-Rahba Dam and protections for the Shaml region in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, at a total cost of 11.9 million dirhams.
Projects include ferries and drainage channels for water and home protection works in a number of regions of the Emirate of Fujairah, at a total cost of 76.2 million dirhams, and the implementation of a number of water ferries and maintenance of a "deletion" dam in the Masfout area in the Emirate of Ajman, at a total cost of 11.5 million dirhams, in addition to three projects Others to drain rain water, create ferries in the Emirate of Sharjah with 19.4 million dirhams, in the Pearl and Mediffi areas of Khor Fakkan, Al-Saf and Sur Kalba, and create a ferry below the Wadi Shouka Dam, on the Al-Siji-Shawka Road, in addition to the protection work in Al-Siji Village, and protections for an area Booklets in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, at a cost of Financial of AED 15.5 million, within the urgent projects.
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Million dirhams, the cost of water ferry construction projects and home protection works in Fujairah.