A Farm In The Desert Of New Valley Governorate - Cairo
An aerial drone photo taken on May 3, 2025 shows the farmland in the desert of New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Over 1,300 kilometers away from the capital Cairo, a sea of ripe wheat, rippling in the breeze, are waiting to be harvested in a desert. "It used to be an arid desert here and the well-drilling teams have turned it into farmland," said Mohamed Gabar, a worker with the Owainat Water Well Project operated by ZPEC (China's Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corp., Ltd.) branch in Egypt. The project, located in southern desert of New Valley Governorate, is part of the country's efforts to accelerate its desert reclamation initiatives since 2015. At the project site, six towering rigs are drilling deep into the desert in search of groundwater. "There are six well-drilling teams, comprising over 130 employees from China and Egypt," said the project manager Zhao Baojiang. The rigs operate 24 hours a day, with workers rotating in two shifts, he introduced. In less than a year, more than 60 units of 450-
- Product Code
- ILEA004389429
- Registered date
- 2025/5/03 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua/ABACA
- Media size
- 5472 × 3648 pixel
- Deployment size
- 2.42(MB)*
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