KRG announces 4 billion-dinar water security fund

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - KRG will be allocating 2.5 billion dinars in funds to combat droughts across the region and 1.5 billion dinars in emergency funds to address urgent water shortages in the Erbil province.

As the first phase of its water security strategy, the government will be distributing funds to each provincial water directorate to implement their own drought-combating measures:

1- 925 million dinars for the Erbil province
2- 1 billion dinars for the provinces of Sulaymaniyah and Halabja and the administrations of Garmian and Raparin
3- 575 million dinars for the Duhok province

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