Two irrigation projects worth 61.9 million euros were approved by the PPP Interministerial Committee in the P.E. of Lasithi
They were approved on 1/8/2022 by the Interministerial PPP Committee which met under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Development and Investments, Mr. Nikos Papathanasis, the participation of the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Mr. Giorgos Georgantas and the person responsible for the Recovery and Reconstruction Fund Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Theodoros Skylakakis, two important irrigation projects that have been included as one in the “Water 2.0” program, with a total budget of 61.9 million euros.
The competent General Secretary of Union Resources and Infrastructure, Mr. Dimitris Papagiannidis, also participated in the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Anti-Corruption.
It’s about:
1) Chochlakia Sitia Reservoir and accompanying projects with a construction budget of €30.6 million.
The project concerns the construction and operation of an earthen Reservoir, with its accompanying projects (water supply and transport projects to the irrigated lands, road construction, etc.) to support the coverage of the irrigation needs of the existing irrigation networks of Palaikastro and Lagada of the Municipal Unit of Itanos Municipality of Sitia. The Local Communities directly benefiting from the project under study (Geographic Surface) include the T.K. Karydiou and T.K. Palaikastro of DE Itanos of the Municipality of Sitia.
The existing projects are irrigation networks under pressure and micro-irrigation systems are implemented. The Lake Reservoir will be built in a position located on the bed of the Flegas stream, about 2 kilometers west of the boundaries of the Chochlakion settlement and will be fed by the supply of the source of Chochlakion and the supplies of the aforementioned stream.
In summary, the project includes:
– Earthen Lake Reservoir on the bed of the Flegas stream, with its accompanying provisions and safety works, including the stream diversion canal.
– The water supply projects to the Lake Reservoir, namely the water abstraction project at Pigi Flegas and the Water Supply Pipe from the source to the Lake Reservoir.
– The supply works to the existing Palaikastro irrigation system, consisting of:
the Water Pumping Station
the Cargo Tank
the Pumping Station – Cargo Tank Supply Pipe
the Cargo Tank Delivery Pipe – existing Tank D3
pipelines with diameters Φ500-Φ700, approximately 8,000 m long
2) Dam Ag. Ioannis Ierapetras of Lasithi Prefecture and basic projects for the utilization of Irrigation Water with a construction budget of €31.3 million.
The dam is made of stone and is located in the southwestern foothills of Mount Thryptis, at a distance of about 1.5 km south of the settlement of Ag. Ioannis and about 8.5 km northeast of the city of Ierapetra. The reservoir will be paid from the runoff of the hydrological basin of the stream Ag. Ioannis, with an area of ​​5.7km2, which are estimated at 600,000m3 per year and from hydromassage of about 1,275,000m3 of water from the springs of Psychro, which are discharged into the neighboring basin of the stream Ag. Fire.
Below is a summary of the main elements concerning the planning of the distribution projects:
The irrigation networks will operate according to the free demand method, according to which the growers are the ones who determine the time and duration of irrigation of their field.
The irrigated area concerns the areas near the settlements of Koutsounari, Ferma and Ag. Fire and St. John of the Local community of Ag. Ioannis of DE Ierapetra of the Municipality of Ierapetra N. Lasithi.
The above two irrigation projects are considered to be of particular importance for supporting the needs of local communities and their economies in Lasithi, which is the most dry thermal unit in the country.
With these two projects, water savings, a large increase of more than 400% in agricultural income, rationalization of irrigation conditions and an increase in arable land will be achieved.
The Minister of Rural Development and Food, Mr. Giorgos Georgantas, said after the meeting: “The construction of new dams and the upgrading of the country’s irrigation networks has begun. Through the implementation of the “Water 2.0″ program, the fourth unified project of the major projects. It concerns the Chochlakia Lake Reservoir of Sitia and the network of water transport intakes to an existing irrigation network as well as the Agios Ioannis Ierapetra Dam and the irrigation water transport networks. The government, reconstructing the primary sector with a vision and plan, creates the conditions for the correct management of water resources and the support of Greek production”.
Mr. Ioannis Plakiotakis, Minister of Commercial Shipping and Island Policy, Member of Parliament for Lasithi, stated that: “Today is a historic day for Lasithi, because after decades of struggle, two major land improvement projects are starting for the PE of Lasithi in its most productive areas, Ierapetra and Lasithi”.
Source: Capital
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