EU raises 213 mln Egyptian pounds for Nile Delta clean-up plan

The European Union has disbursed 213 million Egyptian pounds ($12.1 million) in financing to back a huge Nile Delta clean-up plan in Egypt, an Egyptian government official said Sunday.

The financing will help solve the depollution of the Kitchener Drain in Nile Delta cities of Gharbia, Monufia, and Beheira, said Tarek El-Refaie, the Assistant to the Minister of Housing.

The depollution of the Kitchener Drain scheme will address environmental issues through a mixture of wastewater and solid waste treatment, while rehabilitating the infrastructure around the drain.

The Kitchener Drain is one of the most severely polluted drains in the Egyptian Nile Delta.

It extends about 85 kilometres, around 45 kilometres flowing through Kafr El-Sheikh, El-Refaie further told Amwal Al Ghad.