Water, Electricity Projects Put into Operation in Iran

Iranian Minister of Energy (Water and Electricity) Reza Ardakanian on Tuesday inaugurated five major water and electricity industry projects valued at IRR 4.32 trillion (~US$17.2 million) through a video conference in the 13th week of the ministry’s A-B-Iran program in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21). The said projects were inaugurated in Hamedan, Zanjan, and Golestan provinces, the Energy Ministry portal (known as Paven) reported. Three of the mentioned projects including a wastewater treatment plant and some projects for the development of electricity transmission network were put into operation In Hamedan province, while two water projects were also inaugurated in Golestan and Zanjan provinces.

Ardakanian said on June 11 that access to clean water in the countryside has increased nine times in eight years, to cover a total of nine million people throughout Iran. He said that an average of 30 villages were provided with clean water every week in the past eight years. A report by IRNA said that the government has launched water drainage systems in nearly 345,000 hectares of agricultural lands over the past eight years. This comes on top of massive desalination plants inaugurated in recent years on the Persian Gulf coast to supply water to arid regions in central Iran.

Under the framework of the A-B-Iran program, the Energy Ministry has inaugurated many projects to supply drinking water to the country’s rural areas. - Tehran Times, Iran Daily