Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has announced that work is progressing well on the Eastern Sector Irrigation Lines, Reservoirs Project in Al Ain City and will be ready for delivery in the third quarter of 2020.

Nearly 50 per cent of the work has been completed in the main and secondary irrigation lines and reservoirs construction project, which is being implemented in co-ordination with Al Ain City Municipality.

The Al Ain Reservoirs Project will come up over a 30-sq-km area at an investment of Dh58.4 million ($15.8 million), said the statement from Musanada.

The scope of work includes construction of main and secondary irrigation lines; four treated water tanks, each of 900 cu m capacity together with the auxiliary pumping station across the eastern sector regions at Mezyad, Al Dhaher, Umm Ghafah and Al Khurair, besides construction of irrigation pipes to feed the tanks and landscaping works, it stated.
 
Nearly 344 workers, engineers and consultants are working round-the-clock to complete the project as per schedule in collaboration with a number of entities and strategic partners on par with highest international standards and specifications, it added.

On completion, the project will serve Al Ain city and the residential and commercial areas adjacent to the international highway between Oman and the UAE, which will help significantly increase economic benefits and returns as well as enhance tourist attraction to the region and Al Ain city.

The project aims to secure sufficient supplies of recycled water for irrigation of existing and future vegetation cover, ensuring availability of sufficient water supplies for future and landscaping developments, besides ensuring sustainable and effective use of water while minimising use of groundwater and full automation of water and control of irrigation system at the eastern sector, it added.

According to Musanada, the project includes landscaping works to meet the needs of the sector’s residents across the Mezyad, Al Dhaher and Umm Ghafah areas; construction of walkways, cycling paths and exercise areas fitted with physical fitness equipment in those areas; besides construction of other 7km-long walkways and cycling paths inside Mezyad Mashtal as well as from the Mezyad Mashtal roundabout to the Truck roundabout.

Mohammed Saeed Al Shamsi, parks and recreational facilities director, Regional Services, Eastern Sector, said: "The project aims to stop depletion of fresh groundwater at the eastern sector, covering the Mezyad, Umm Ghafah and Al Dhaher areas, besides meeting the needs of landscaping and walkways in line with the urban development witnessed in those areas, in addition to the preliminary findings of the study concerning the sector’s needs of irrigation treated water, recreational facilities and green spaces."

"It will see construction of five 12,300-m-long walkways; two walkways in Mezyaed: 870 m and 1,140 m long, Al Dhaher: 1,840 m long, Umm Ghafah: 1,450 m long, and a 7,000-m-long walkway from the Mezyad Mashtal roundabout to the Trucks roundabout," stated Al Shamsi.

"This will be in addition to irrigation works, landscaping, playgrounds, physical fitness equipment, fittings and lighting, ultimately creating a healthy outlet for the sector’s residents," he added.-TradeArabia News Service