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RIYADH: The Kingdom’s humanitarian agency KSrelief has sent urgent aid to Pakistan in response to the recent floods in the nation’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.

The convoy had set off on Wednesday from Islamabad in the presence of ��������’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, Pakistan’s Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Rana Sanaullah Khan, and other officials.

Al-Malki said King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the aid to help needy people in the crisis-hit region.

JUBAIL: Jubail Industrial City operates the world’s largest integrated smart irrigation system, which is helping to protect the environment, the Saudi Press Agency reported recently.

Citing information from the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, the report stated that the system is managed by a unified control center that includes more than 12,200 smart devices, and processes about 1.2 million signals daily.

Safar Alnutayfat, the RCJY’s operation and maintenance manager, said:  “The system serves as a national model aligned with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 for environmental sustainability, advancing digital transformation in resource management, and activating smart cities with high efficiency.”

Alnutayfat explained that the commission manages a vast irrigation network extending over 11,600 km of pipelines.

With the use of the smart system, the commission has reduced operation and maintenance costs by over 35 percent, while recycling treated water for irrigation at about 2.8 million cubic meters per month, he said.

Alnutayfat said the system, which is in line with the goals of the Saudi and Middle East green initiatives, rationalizes consumption of natural resources, increases vegetation cover, and combats climate change in the area.