Capacity in Devegeçidi Dam the most important irrigation point of County rose up to 65% due to past several weeks of This rain heavily reduced severity of dehydration in Southern Diyarbakir Province.
Dam construction in 1972, providing irrigation water for 58,000 dunams of Agricultural Land in Diar Baker. capacity reached of 220 million cubic meters in amount, granting Significant increase in income for working farmers in agricultural production.
in the layout with the decision made By the Drought Crisis Coordination Center in Diyarbakir, water from the Divegesidi Dam was moved by the State Hydraulic Works (DSI) to prevent an overflow of water that could have harmed farmers.
It is noteworthy that the dam was on the edge of drying up in 2021 and 2022 due to climate change, shortage of sedimentation and evaporation. According to the data of the 10th DSI Regional Directorate, Water in The fallen dam below 1% at the beginning of October last yearreached 65% of April 25th with Snowfall and precipitation in He walks.
In the last Two years, a total water volume of 27 million cubic meters has been transported to the Tigris Dam, an important source of food and reproduction. area for Migratory birds. Dam also popular place for Freshwater fishing is a lifeline for Both natural life and agricultural production.
The stored water will meet irrigation needs of Our farmers are all over the year, said Mehmet Yasar Ceylan, Director of the Maintenance and Operations Branch of the 10th DSI Regional Directorate.
Ceylan told Anadolu Agency (AA) that it was because of the drought in the last Two years, not enough water has accumulated in Dam. However, this yearthe flow to the dam was sufficient and was wisely harnessed for irrigation needs of farmers around year. in factthe water level is expected in The dam can increase more with Continuous precipitation.
Suleiman Iskenderoglu, Chairman of Yenişehir room of Agriculture said they are faced Dangerous dehydration in the region So the beginning of Practice this yearbut this month, region Receive more- Precipitation is expected, which seems to have boosted the water storage capacity for the next Two years.
As far as dehydration concernedWe do not know What will happen next yearBut we will definitely conserve and save existing water in Dam. For this, we are even changed our production patterns. Currently, we grow varieties of cotton and corn that require less water. last yearWe have suffered a huge loss of Iskenderoglu explained that the yield is due to sudden droughts.”
Farmer Mustafa Tayfour in Dokuzceltik district of Yenişehir neighborhood said: “Thanks to the rain, I planted 180 dunams of wheat this year It will plant 80 dunums of Cotton because these crops are easy to irrigate. Last year I gained 400 kg (800 pounds) of Cotton per creamy however, i expect a return of over 500 kilograms per hectare of This cotton year. “
althoug home to a group of Turkish climates are mostly a semiBarren country. This is particularly risky in age of Climate change for Agricultural land is concentrated in Anatolia is far from temperate climate of western regions of the country. She manipulates her response to weatherRelated issues exacerbated by the climate crisis, by floods in coastal areas to severe droughts in interior. increasingly arid future Türkiye waits if water consumption is not regulated soon And runs the risk of It is rated as a water-scarce country by 2030 by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) warned Türkiye last year.
