Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli chaired Saturday a meeting
in the presence of Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad to follow up measures
taken by her ministry to combat pollution resulting from the "black
cloud" phenomenon in Greater Cairo and Nile Delta.
The environment minister said that 500,000 tons of rice straw have been
collected, up from 350,000 tons collected the year before, pointing out that
289 sites were opened for collecting the rice straw across the Nile Delta
governorates.
The amount of rice straw collected represent 88 percent of the total amount of
rice straw harvested, she affirmed.
Fouad said that 75 committees affiliated to her ministry have been activated in
coordination with the bodies concerned to follow up the open burning of the
agricultural and solid waste, highlighting that 1,481 industrial facilities
have been inspected.
Source: Egypt Today
