05/11/2013
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'Shura' calls for the restructuring of the «irrigation and drainage»
Members of the Shura Council slammed the stall and the slow implementation of irrigation and drainage projects in Al-Ahsa, demanding the continuation of reconstruction, the establishment of a higher Council for water and the new water law, phase pivot irrigation system, also called for the increase of prices and quantities purchased dates factory in Al-hasa from farmers, to make use of treated wastewater. The Board discussed at the 53rd meeting held today under the chairmanship of the President of the Council, Dr Abdullah al-Sheikh, the report of the Committee on housing, water and public services on the annual report of irrigation and drainage in Al-Ahsa and its projects for fiscal year 2012/1434 read by Chairman Mohamed El nakkadi.
The Committee made three recommendations proposed called for the restructuring of irrigation and drainage for expanded its functions to include all regions of the country and its objectives of maintaining available water resources and its development and utilization of agricultural drainage and health therapist for irrigation purposes, leading to the rational use of groundwater for all regions. They called on the Committee to reevaluate the Executive programs to develop irrigation methods and system to raise the efficiency of water use, and with regard to sustainable agricultural development and environmental preservation Committee considered that the development of a research program in cooperation with the expertise for this purpose.
And in the interventions of members called Dr. Atallah Abu Hassan to explain the reasons for the low rate of achievement in their projects, he said that most of the projects in execution, where low achievement rate to 0%, as the student body and the Ministry of agriculture with the support and participation of farmers ' financial burden in using modern technology to irrigate their farms, criticized that the report of the results of the use of treated wastewater in irrigation tripartite. Dr. Deepak demanded to negotiate huge industries, farms, reducing water consumption by 50 percent by 2025, and to work to establish quotas for water discharge until 2033, in addition to the implementation of the phase-out of pivot irrigation system, investment in optimizing the use of renewable water resources including wastewater treatment. Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani, also demanded the return of the feasibility of continuing body or not, the body would correspond to water scarcity in increasing input twice its output and expanded its influence to include and go beyond the Al-Hassa region to other regions far in Domat Al-Jandal the Aflaj.
He continued: there is no need to create a public body of water and enough to share with four others functions: water is water and electricity Ministry and the Ministry of agriculture and the national company of water and saline water. The engineer Zahrani was demanding expansion of authority encompassing all areas of the country, and the annexation of Rangoon in Mecca for the projects, saying that American citizens drink water after used by five people while their rivers and water and that what we need. Commented Chairman Dr Abdullah al-Sheikh by saying ' the previous five must have used it for drinking '' came after Council members in a wave of laughter. Dr. Mohammed criticized that report scholarship of FDA staff in undergraduate programs and graduate degrees, 44 posts to non-Saudis, and asked the Commission deficit filled Saudis since its founding 40 years despite Saudi graduates looking for jobs. Many projects slow in implementation despite some simple sums and five years each and the project duration not exceeding one year.
And Dr Khalid Al Saud, said it is time to create a national public body to adjust the irrigation water reused, rationalization and optimization t produced many treatment plants of water wasted or used in ways crude and inappropriate. The Council then proceeded to hear the perspective of the Financial Affairs Committee on his views and observations of members during the debate on the report of the general auditing of fiscal year 33/1434 read out by the Chairman Dr. Saad heretic. The Council approved the Committee's recommendations provided the Princes and District Councils with a copy of all the reports of the performance audit and financial audit results for all sectors. The Council also approved the recommendation of the General Auditing Bureau demanding an in-depth analytical study on the causes and roots of the recurrence of financial irregularities in government control and proposed solutions, and accelerates the development of governmental accounting system according to a time frame not exceeding two years.
He also called for the inclusion of statistical data exported by the Central Department of statistics and international information standards issued by international organizations, and shall be consistent with the statistical standards used, having listened to the views of the Committee of Economic Affairs and energy of the views of members to the annual report of the Central Department of statistics and information for fiscal year 2012/1434 subsequent Chairman Osama Kabbani. Kabbani said that the Committee's continued interest in and promises to intensify the efforts of stakeholders to improve the quality of comprehensive data needed by decision makers in Government and private sectors, as well as researchers and the public, adding that the Administration is counting on the new administrative structure in departments to cover the demand for statistical data and information requests. The Board also voted to approve draft agreements between the Government and the Government of Qatar, the first dedicated to organizing border authorities, and the fight against crime.
