The first ingredient to the body fill of the Ilısu Dam, which is being built on the Tigris River and one of the biggest water projects in the world, has been put by Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu, Minister of Forest and Water Affairs. 40% of the Ilısu Dam and HES project, by which together with the completion of Cizre Dam nearly 5 billion kilowatt-hours energy will be produced, has been completed. 72% of the people working in the dam construction is from the region. The completion of the project for which 1 billion TL has been spent up until now will make 600 million TL contribution to the economy per year.