12 projects to provide clean drinking water in Pakistan launched

It aims to secure basic needs of sweet and clean water for people in remote areas who suffer from health problems.

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Published: Sat 28 Dec 2013, 5:50 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 7:56 AM

In implementation of the directives of the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the administration of the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan, UAE PAP, has announced the launch of new projects to provide clean drinking water in Pakistan at a cost of $1.2 million.

The President’s initiative aims to support the people of Pakistan, contribute to developing its provinces and cities, and providing them with modern developmental facilities in addition to securing basic services for the community in the roads, bridges, education, health and water fields.

The administration of the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan pointed out that the new projects represent the commencement of the second phase of the projects’ working plan, in the light of the directives and generous initiatives of the President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and the relentless efforts of Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, to provide help for Pakistan so as to develop its infrastructure, including vital projects.

In a statement, the Project Administration said that it had approved and started work on the new projects, in addition to establishing water treatment and purification plants and extending delivery networks to provide sweet water to 12 villages in remote areas in Northern Waziristan.

It also aims to secure basic needs of sweet and clean water for people in remote areas who suffer from health problems.

The statement also added that the administration is continuing to provide aid to all Pakistan regions and cover the largest segments of society, especially in the field of infrastructure, where the first phase witnessed the implementation of 64 projects which serve 64 villages in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, South of Waziristan and Bajaur region, at a total cost of US$5,773,135.

The beneficiaries hailed the initiatives of Shaikh Khalifa to improve their standards of living and alleviate the suffering of the Pakistani people.


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