Ilısu will be delayed for two years | Vatan / 22.09.2015

Hacı Bayram Tonbul, the General President of Enerji Bir – Sen declared that the works at the Ilısu Dam construction site came to a stopping point due to the experienced terrorist incidents. Tonmul, expressed that the irrigation projects that would bring the land, which is almost 4 million declares, together with water & bring prosperity to local community, have been and are stonewalled by the terrorist organization of the PKK. Tonbul stressed that he worries about, the passing routes and the caves and shelters used by the terrorists will be submerged, following the water retain of the dams, and he continued as “the terrorist organization used to attack to the dam construction sites, at every turn. It, in order to obstruct the realization of the projects, abducts workers and engineers, sets heavy equipment on fire and place explosive through the dam road. The organization continues to hinder the projects that would employ the local community.” Tonbul, attracts attention on the Ilısu project, that has to be completed in 2015 and noted that “the works at the Ilısu Dam construction site came to a stopping point due to the experienced terrorist incidents. So, the Ilısu Dam project will be completed 2 years later than planned duration. The cost to the state of a 2 – year delay is almost 2 billion 190 million T.L.”