Turkey will to build a dam on a creek in the Mediterranean region to carry fresh water to the Northern Cyprus via an 80-kilometers submarine pipeline. The dam would be completed in three years.aims to pump 75 million cubic meters of water yearly to the island, 15 of which will be used as drinking water and the rest for irrigation.
Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said project design works would be finalized next year. "This project will be implemented to help TRNC (TurkishRepublic of Northern Cyprus) fight drought and carry out irrigated farming," Tuzmen was quoted as saying by the state-run Anatolian Agency.
