August 25, 2021(Khartoum) The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Professor Yasser Abbas, said the revenue of the White Nile from the flood this year exceeded all that was monitored during the previous 100 years.
Professor Yasser explained that the average revenue of the White Nile varied between 70 and 80 million cubic meters per day in previous years during the month of July, while it rose to between 120-130 million cubic meters per day in the current season.
He stated that his ministry was successfully able during the current flood season, for the first time, to use the Roseires and Meroe reservoirs to break the flood intensity during July and August, as the flood committee identified for the first time the so-called safe discharge, which amounted to 800 million cubic meters.
The minister said, “Despite the unilateral filling of the Renaissance Dam, the water crossed the middle passage of the dam on July 20, and there is no impact of the Renaissance Dam on this year’s floods, but the failure to exchange information before filling forced Sudan to make costly precautions with a great economic and social impact.”