Egypt building secret tunnels to take water out of country, says Mohamed Ali
Why haven't treatment facilities been built for mysterious infrastructure under Suez Canal if water is intended for Egypt? asks whistleblower
Water flows through Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile (Reuters)
By Mohammad Ayesh
Published date: 18 October 2019 11:55 UTC | Last update: 26 min 25 sec ago
The Egyptian government has laid secret tunnels under the Suez Canal to transport water to destinations almost certainly outside of Egypt despite the country’s crippling shortage, whistleblower Mohamed Ali told Middle East Eye.
“Engineers who worked on these tunnels told me about them and said they had cost billions of dollars,†Ali told MEE from a secret location in Spain.
Ali, who for years worked as a contractor for the Egyptian military and government, said his contacts in the construction business told him that there was a lack of infrastructure built around the tunnels, raising questions about the intended destination of the waters.
Read more at: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-building-secret-tunnels-take-water-out-egypt-says-mohamed-ali
Fascinating to build those tunnels underneath, I know some of that has gone on already but still.
