Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has announced that all the works related to the main and secondary irrigation lines running over a 30-km area and reservoirs construction project for the eastern sector of Al Ain city have been completed.

 

Musanada said the entire project work was implemented in co-ordination with Al Ain City Municipality for a total cost of AED58.4 million.

 

The project serves Al Ain city and the residential and commercial areas adjacent to the international highway connecting the UAE to Oman, which will help significantly increase economic benefits and returns as well as enhance tourist attraction to the region and Al Ain city, said the statement from Musanada.

 

The scope of work included construction of 14,630-m-long five walkways and a cycling path, 870m-long in Mezyad, 1,954-m-long in Al Dhaher, 1,578m-long in Umm Ghafah, 3,228m-long in the Mezyad Mashtal, besides a 7,000-m-long walkway from the Mezyad Mashtal roundabout to the Trucks roundabout.

 

This was in addition to irrigation works, landscaping, playgrounds, physical fitness equipment, fittings and lighting; ultimately creating a healthy outlet for the area's residents. 

 

Musanada said that the project involved construction of main and secondary irrigation lines and construction of four treated irrigation water tanks, each of 900 cu m capacity across the eastern sector regions at Mezyad, Al Dhaher, Umm Ghafah and Al Khurair. 

 

The works additionally included the auxiliary pumping station, in addition to construction of irrigation pipes to feed the tanks and landscaping works.

 

It 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 the irrigation system at the eastern sector.

 

Al Ain City Municipality pointed out that the project aims to stop depletion of fresh groundwater at the eastern sector across the Mezyad, Umm Ghafah and Al Dhaher areas. 

 

Additionally, it fulfills the needs of landscaping and walkways in line with the urban development witnessed in those areas. This will complement the preliminary findings resulting from the study of the sector’s needs of irrigation treated water, recreational facilities and green spaces, it added.-TradeArabia News Service