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Navigation on the Danube hampered by drought, tour operators ask for urgent dredging of clogged Danube Delta canals

August 8, 2015

Tour operators support the Tulcea authorities’ initiative to urgently dredge several sectors of 30 canals in the Danube Delta, which have become clogged of late, due to the low flow rate and level of the river. “The Administration of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reservation needs financial resources. The feasibility studies and the projects it conducts […]

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