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VAN LAKE

BASIN PROTECTION

ACTION PLAN EVALUATION

MEETING HELD

The Van Lake Basin Protection Action Plan and

Implementation Program Evaluation Meeting took place

in the Ahlat district of Bitlis.

"If a completed wastewa- Van and Lake Van are truly
ter treatment plant cannot the jewels of the East—a
operate effectively under the remarkable treasure and
same conditions 20 years national value. Upon seeing
from now, the investment is Lake Van, I was struck by its
Deputy Minister of Environ- tal protection with sustainable mental initiatives. We have meaningless. Our country vastness and natural beauty;
ment, Urbanization, and Cli- use of resources across various closely followed this project strives to grow and develop it felt more like a sea than
mate Change, Fatma Varank, basins. She added: and brought it to its current by managing investments a lake, stretching endlessly
addressed attendees during the
program held in a local mee- "Esteemed Emine Erdoğan stage of progress." properly while minimi- over more than 2.5 hours of
ting hall. She noted that this zing environmental harm. travel. It is our responsibility
was the sixth evaluation mee- has supported this project, Emphasizing the importan- Therefore, we will continue to preserve this natural heri-
ting and highlighted ongoing just as she has supported ce of sustainability, Deputy to advance rapidly while tage and pass it on to future
efforts to balance environmen- many other major environ- Minister Varank stated: protecting the environment. generations."

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