Yards said: "Apart from the Southwest Province, this East-to-West water diversion project mainly aims to resolve the water resource shortage in the provinces of Oran, Heixinggen, and Baden."
"Once the water resource shortage in these three provinces is resolved, the entire southern economy will advance further, becoming an economic bloc comparable to our country's three major economic core areas: the East, Central, and West."
Although the southern region is small, it is the richest area in East Africa in terms of resources, aside from oil and natural gas, it can fully achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Moreover, its climate in East Africa is also more suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry because it is the only temperate zone in East Africa.
Most of the southern provinces of East Africa are located south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
