Water transfer project from Caspian Sea to central Iran started

SARI, Mazandaran Province, April 16 (MNA) – The project to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to the central region of Iran started on Monday in the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The initial checks of the project consist of determining the optimum route to transfer water through pipe lines from the south coast of the Caspian Sea to the central region of the country. Based on the initial plans of the project, the construction of a factory to distill the sea water to fresh water with annual capacity of 200 million cubic meters is on the agenda. Ahmadinejad also said a similar plan is under study to transfer water from the Persian Gulf to the south region of Iran.