Rome, Jan, 13.
More land reclamation is being planned in Italy, one of the most important projects being that relating fo the Padua plain, which comprises the four provinces of Mantua. Rovigo, \Venezia and Verona, The Rivers Tartaro and Po and the Bianco Canal are being dammed and settled through a gigantic water, col~ Teetor, which wil! start near Méntua and end at the Adriatic, a distance of 140 Kilometres. The cost is estimated 120,000,000 lures.
The area reclaimed through, thir work will cover 200,000 hectares, which will be divided as follows:—
110,000 hectares 30,000
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