Water pipeline from Turkey operational

A PIPELINE bringing water from Turkey to the occupied areas in Cyprus is complete, Turkish paper Milliyet reported.

Flowing from Mersin to Kyrenia, water is now pumping through the 250km underwater pipeline to the shores but will not be used until the pipe’s interior is cleaned.

Speaking to Milliyet, environment minister Kutlu Evren said this would bring a wave of investment and boost agriculture.

Branding it as “peace water”, he expressed his willingness to share it with government controlled areas in Cyprus.

The water from Turkey is expected to meet demand for the north for the next 50 years with 75 million cubic meters of water per year, the report said.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.