INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ Torrents rushing down from the Iranian side flooded six valleys in the eastern territory of Diyala, disrupting water stations
and the reconstruction of a dam, the administrator of al-Qazaniyah sub-district, Mazen Akram, said on Thursday."Floodings due to heavy
downpours overflew five valleys in al-Qazaniyah, 113 kilometers to the east of Baqubah, (Mweileh, Khuzam, Tahlaw, and Tirsaq) and the
Harran valley in the outskirts of Mandali, 94 kilometers to the east of Baqubah," Akram said. "Reconstruction work at the Mandali dam were
back at square number one
The torrent swept mud and rocks that disrupted the Mandali and al-Qazaniyah water plants," he added. Akram reiterated the call for building
a dam that accommodates the efferent waters from the Iranian side. "Millions of cubic meters of rainfall waters go in vain in the east of
Diyala due to mismanagement," he continued. In 2020, Iran changed the course of torrents that end up in the Iraqi territory to mitigate the
water crisis in border territories.
