Publish Date : 16-Nov-2017
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) has inked 151 deals for drinking water supply projects, costing 361 million afghanis, with local community development councils in the country.
Durinf the signing ceremony, Mujiburrahman Karimi, MRRD acting minister, said the schemes included digging water wells, establishing water supply networks and building reservoirs to store healthy water in the countryside.
He noted that the plan is to dig up about 237 surficial and deep water wells in Kapisa, Khost, Sar-i-Pul, Jawzjan, Baghlan, Maidan Wardak, Faryab, Kabul, Parwan, Panjshir, Balkh and Takhar provinces at a total cost of 61.8 million afghanis.
He added that a further 72 water supply networks would also be established in Jawzjan, Uruzgan, Badghis, Ghor, Nuristan, Takhar, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Daikundi, Faryab, Samangan, Balkh, Sar-i-Pul, Kunar, Paktia, Badakshan, Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Paktia, Laghman and Baghlan provinces under the contracts.
He said future networks are expected to cost 30 million afs. Karimi said the projects were co-funded by the USAID, UNICEF, SAARC and the Afghan government.
He noted that with execution of the projects, about 336,000 individuals would benefit from potable hygienic water.
Rolf Luyendijk, chief for UNICEF's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program, who was present at the ceremony, said: We will further authorize a fund of $10 million to the MoRRD next year so water is available at schools and hospitals for people by next year.
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