From MNF-I, Lifeblood pumped into farming community in Mrezat.
BAGHDAD — There was no network news coverage, no front page spread, but local leaders of Mrezat, a small agricultural village in a northern section of the Adhamiyah
District, shed tears of joy as water pumped from the Tigris River and passed attendees of a ceremony to mark the opening of a new pumping station in the community. In Mrezat, water is the lifeblood of the people. The agrarian community subsists primarily on palm-date groves, which are grown throughout the year. Without proper irrigation the groves wither and date production ceases. Mrezat’s refurbished irrigation pump brings the needed water from the Tigris’ base to the farmers’ crops.
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