The Need to Establish a Water Users' Cooperative as Soon as Possible / Ownership of the Jaider Networks Belongs to Farmers
The CEO of the Lorestan Regional Water Company said: Bringing 2,000 hectares of the region's lands under irrigation means creating 2,000 sustainable jobs.
CEO of Lorestan Regional Water Company said: Irrigation of 2,000 hectares of land in the region means creating 2,000 sustainable jobs.
According to Ambassador Arjan from Lorestan, the meeting of agricultural sector operators of Dasht Jayid Pumping Station was held in Poldakhtar city with the presence of Seyed Hamidreza Kazemi, the representative of the people of Poldakhtar and usually in the Islamic Council, Alireza Kakavand, the CEO of Lorestan regional water, Namdar Sayadi, the head of the Provincial Agricultural Jihad Organization, Mohammad Azizi, the governor of Poldukhtar city, and a group of officials and operators.
Emphasizing the necessity of forming a cooperative of water collectors in the shortest time, Kazemi said: the ownership of Jaider water networks belongs to the farmers. Referring to the long history of the project and its destruction in the flood of 2018, he added: With the follow-up and support of the Ministry of Energy and Lorestan Regional Water Company, this project was put into operation.
The representative of Poldakhtar Va Soudan stated: According to the approvals, the regional water company must complete networks one and two and deliver water to the farms, and implement the agricultural jihad of networks three and four with the participation of the people. Abbaran cooperative is formed under the supervision of the governor and each member has one vote in the area of 2 thousand hectares. The cost of the project is close to 2 Hamats, and with the completion of the networks, it will reach about 3 thousand billion. The executive headquarters also pays 150 million in grants for each hectare, and the ownership of the implemented networks belongs to the farmers and they must take care of it themselves.
Alireza Kakavand, CEO of Lorestan Regional Water Company, also stated that irrigating 2,000 hectares of land in the region means the creation of 2,000 jobs, and said: Secondary stations will be completed in the first half of next year. He informed about the readiness of the regional water company to fix the deficiencies of the water supply networks and added: the permission of the regulatory bodies is needed to spend on the project. According to him, we have six contracts in the form of Article 27 of the law, and with the entry of the right operator, 90 to 93 percent of the disputes in the region have been resolved.
In the end, the CEO of Lorestan Regional Water Company appreciated the patience of the people and officials and said: A project that many doubted in its operation has been completed.