Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will chair on Sunday a ministerial meeting to follow up and accelerate the implementation of a governmental program to save Manzala Lake.

The meeting will be held at the premises of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.

The project of developing Manzala Lake will cost EGP 55 million pounds in its first phase.

In statements on Saturday, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi said the project will be carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture with the aim of ending pollution at the lake which is considered one of the important sources of fish wealth in Egypt.