Japan provides Rs 4m for safe water in Saptari
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KATHMANDU, MAR 02 - Japan has extended a grant of Rs. 4 million for the implementation of a project for safe drinking water in Saptari district.
Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tatsuo Mizuno and Chairperson of Kankalini Multipurpose Service Centre (KMSC) Nunu Devi Jha singed a contract to this effect at the Japanese Embassy in the capital onTuesday. The amount will be spent for the implementation of the Project for Drinking Water Facilities at Lohajara in the district.
According to the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu, the project comes under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) scheme of the Japanese government in Japan’s fiscal year 2009.
The grant will be utilised for the full-scale boring, procurement of essential equipment, construction, and installation of one 150m deep tube-well, one water storage tank, 21 public tap stand posts, and about 7 kms of distribution pipes in Lohajara in Saptari, according to the Japanese Embassy.
About 2,000 people in the village will directly benefit from this project.
Beside the technical supports, the KMSC will make monitoring and evaluation during the installation of water supply systems.
Posted on: 2010-03-02 05:12
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