Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossm Al Moghazi and Aswan Governor Mostafa Youssri opened on Saturday the technical security systems of the High Dam after it has been developed at a total cost of EGP 3.5 million to fully secure the entrances and exits of the dam.
During his tour of the dam, the minister witnessed the operation of two irrigation gates which pump 40 million cubic meters daily.
In statements on Saturday, the minister said his tour of Aswan started with the inspection of the Egyptian-Russian Friendship Monument.
The minister also said he laid the foundation stone of a project to develop the farmland located behind the High Dam at an area of 7.5 feddans with a cost of EGP one million.
The minister also asserted that the River Nile in Aswan will be totally free from any pollutants by the end of June as part of a campaign launched by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to remove any transgressions on the Nile.