According to him, JICA specialists visited West Azerbaijan Province and inspected Lake Urmia. On January 30, JICA specialists will visit Iran again with the view of eliminating the environmental disaster in Lake Urmia. The visit will last till February 7. The Japanese delegation will include 5 people specialized in fields of water resources and agriculture.
Lake Urmia is located between Iran’s East and West Azerbaijan provinces. The lake covers approximately 6 000 square meters area. Over the last 50 years, 70 percent of the lake has completely dried up and salted. Its water level began to decline since 1995. The area of Lake Urmia strongly reduced and the water around 5 islands completely dried up. Experts have repeatedly warned about salt storms threatening the health of people, as well as economy. Only 15 percent area of Lake Urmia has remained.
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