Prime Minister Milanovic on opening lateral canal

New lateral canal 12.3 kilometre long, between Knezevi Vinogradi and Zmajevac in eastern Croatia will be formally opened on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.

The purpose of the canal, in whose construction the national water management company Hrvatske Vode invested 102 million kuna, is to provide protection against harmful effects of water and to ensure sufficient quantities of water to irrigate 5,000 hectares of farmland.

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