Tirana newspapers reported today about an informal request made by the Greek government for the construction of a water pipe originating from the south of Albania towards the island of Corfu.
According to daily "Shqip", Corfu, which is considered the major tourism resort for Greece, suffers from chronic absence of potable water, while just a few kilometers in the north, is situated the Bistrica River, which has an average flow of 40 cubic meter for second. "Greeks have offered to use that river, as well as to include in it the investments to help with the water supply for the Albanian coast near Corfu,” said daily Shqip.
In 2001, officials from the Italian province of Puglia, (Apulia) expressed interested in building a water pipe to resolve their own acute water absence. Meanwhile, in the last years the Greek government has carried out several humanitarian projects in the villages near Bistrica River, aimed at creating the primary infrastructure, including the water supply infrastructure. In a comment about this, Daily ABC in Tirana reported on the 24th of March, that such humanitarian projects were just aimed at begin the work for the water pipe to Corfu, without thus having to ask for a formal authorization from the Albanian government.
Media reports about this issue were fueled in these last days also by some declarations made by MP’s of the Nea Democratia, the right-wing ruling party in Greece. Greece will be going to general elections next year and such declarations seem to be part of electoral promises.
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