Water shortage turns into crisis

“One of the plans was to bankroll a project in the southwest known as the Ghadir Water project,” he added.“The project provides for a new 2,000-milimetre [water transfer] line with high capacity that will run from the Karkheh dam to gradually provide water for 25 cities and 1,600 villages; but due to the current circumstances, the cities of Abadan, Khorramshahr and Shadegan take priority,” he said.