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Due to the failure to comply with the necessary tasks for the construction of the Bisri dam, which is intended to supply the capital, Beirut, with water from the Litani River, the World Bank cancels the disbursement of 244 million dollars that was allocated for the execution of the project .
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Canceling the disbursement of 244 million dollars that was allocated for the implementation of the Presa Bisri project
The World Bank announced that it had notified the Lebanese government to cancel the disbursement of the 244 million dollars allocated for the execution of the Bisri Dam project.
He explained that the decision to cancel the Lebanese loan will take effect immediately as a result of not completing the necessary tasks to build the dam intended to supply the capital, Beirut, with water from the Litani River.
In June, work on the Bisri dam was partially suspended after the bank raised concerns about the implementation process, and the Bank gave Lebanon until September 4 to work on solutions to specific problems related to the operation, the maintenance and environmental protection.
This dam was to be built in the Bisri valley, thirty kilometers south of the Lebanese capital. The project is expected to provide drinking water to 1.6 million people in the Beirut metropolitan area.
Despite previous guarantees from the Lebanese government and the World Bank, environmental activists and farmers express their fear about the repercussions of the construction of the dam, as it will involve the confiscation of a large amount of agricultural land, the logging of thousands of trees and the elimination of the remarkable biological diversity for that region.
Abortion is just plain bad!
At this time, the term granted by the World Bank to the government to resume the works of the Bisri Dam expires, under penalty of canceling the financing. We have responded that the bank’s senior management has rejected any further expansion of the dam project.
Therefore, we announce the fall of the agreement on the dam at the will of the Lebanese people. Congratulations!# Abortion_sub_browser # .ق__منام_م .__….. pic.twitter.com/jB50Fm2bj9– Save the Bisri valley (@savebisri) September 4, 2020
Announce #The World Bank Friday, he canceled the outlay of $ 244 million for the project. # سود_ بسری in a #Lebanon With immediate effect, as a consequence of not completing the specific tasks necessary before the start of the works.
I liked. I digest the World Bank thing. Your loan was wrong, your withdrawal is worse. Just fine. Find healthy, developmental, and environmental ways to appease people pic.twitter.com/GeAHOSdOSe
– Pierre Abi-Saab (@PierreABISAAB) September 5, 2020
Today the project settings fell # سود_ بسری Under pressure from the people of the region and from a campaign @savebisri 👏. The World Bank yesterday published its decision to cancel the loan assigned to #Lebanon To create this dam.
Yes to convert # مرج_ بصري To a nature reserve 🌳#Hope_space # Abortion_sub_browser #SaveTheBisriValley pic.twitter.com/9nYaI0WJbf
– Jumanah Zabaneh ~ جمانة (@j_zabaneh) September 5, 2020
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