NILE DELTA DRAINAGE II

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The Second Nile Delta Drainage Project works include: 1: Drainage Works: (a) construction of four new drainage pumping stations, including electric transmission lines; (b) replacement of ten obsolete pumping units in two existing drainage pumping stations; (c) deepening and widening of 1,565 km of existing open main drains serving an area of 810,000 fd and extension or reconstruction of existing structures; and (d) installation of covered field drains and collectors in an area of 400,000 fd. 2: Assistance to the Extension Service of the Ministry of Agriculture by financing transportation and audio-visual equipment. 3: Extension of the Government's bilharzia control program by about 1,200,000 fd between Gizaand the Aswan High Dam. 4: Assist in financing the partly UNDP-financed "Master Plan for Water Resource Development and Use."