Urban Drinking Water Project Ground Breaking held

Chitra; -- On the occasion of ground breaking ceremony of KFW funded Urban Drinking Water Project to be executed by Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan ( AKPBSP) under Water and Sanitation Extension Programme ( WASEP) in partnership with beneficiary communities of Singoor, Tiro Gole, Seen Lasht and Dulumuch, Salim Khan. Provincial Minister  has urged the people to get maximum benefit from the NGOs for the development of their areas. He said that the government could not meet the needs of all the people due to its limited resources and therefore the NGOs compliment the development work of the government. He thanked all the NGOs including AKPBSP for initiating a project for providing drinking water to the 700 households in the city area of Chitral. He announced a grant of Rs. one million to the cluster organization for the purpose of digging.

Speaking on the occasion while presiding over the function, Mr. Rehamatullah Wazir District Coordination Officer, Chitral said that due to increasing population, the water brought from Angarghoon to the town 20 years ago was not enough to meet the increasing needs, therefore, the additional water was very essential for the area. He thanked KFW and AKPBSP for starting this project. He said after completion of Golen Gole and this project, the problem of shortage of water for the city area would be solved in the coming years. He assured the community that local administration would extend all possible support in implementation of the project.
Earlier, Mr. Shah Karez, Regional Coordinator of AKPBSP KFW Project, Chitral briefed the participants about the contributions made by AKPBSP. He said that AKPBSP has provided drinking water to 67,000 population in 104 villages in remote areas of Chitral over the last two decades.

Mr. Sher Zaman, the chief representative of the cluster organization briefed the participants about the process of forming village organizations and the problems faced by the communities. He appealed to the Minister and DCO Chitral for helping the cluster in completing the project. He also thanked the Minister and DCO Chitral for their support provided to the cluster in the initial critical time.

It may be noted that this 26 km long project will benefit over 600 households and the water would be brought along with Garamchashma road.
Among others, who participated in the function were: Mr. Salim Khan Programme Manager, WASEP, Mr. Afsar Ali, EDO Planning and Finance and notables representatives of cluster and notables of the area.

At the end, Mr. Muhammad Karam Area Manager, AKPBSP, Chitral spoke on the occasion and thanked Mr. Salim Khan, Provincial Minister for his participation and support. He particularly thanked the DCO Chitral, Rehmat Wazir Khan for all time support and keen interest in making this project a success. Besides, he thanked the Xen of C&W, SDO, Maqbool, Xen of Public Health Engineering Department and officials of WSU, TMO for their support in starting this project. He also thanked representatives of the cluster and notables and Prince Riaz for their participation and support.

After the function was over, Minister Mr. Salim Khan and DCO Chitral and other people participated in the ground-breaking and prayers were offered for the success of the project. -- CN report
 

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