Blue Tunnel Project, is an effort to provide large-scale irrigation to arid lands of Konya Plain, in the Turkish heartland, where agriculture and wildlife are under threat.[1][2]
Blue Tunnel, the most important part of the Konya Plain Project, is the second-largest irrigation scheme of Turkey after the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP),[3] and aims to provide the region with a yearly 414 million cubic meters of water.[4]
References
edit- ^ Turkey's arid heart to bloom after irrigation project
- ^ Blue Tunnel to connect Konya Plain with potable water
- ^ Second-largest irrigation project opens in Central Anatolia
- ^ "Blue Tunnel Construction". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.