Drinking water & sanitation projects: allocation increased by 100 percent in KP: minister

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health, Shah Farman has said that the present provincial government has increased allocations by 100 per cent to provide drinking water and to improve sanitation system during the last three years, which will have a positive impact on health and environment of the people.
He was talking to a delegation of people hailing from the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday. Almost 60 per cent of the KP population was having access to clean drinking water and its enhancement to 100 per cent would require Rs 52 billion, he added. Shah Farman said a number of projects have been initiated to provide clean drinking water and rehabilitate existing/old schemes including replacement of old/rusted pipelines. The minister said that an amount of Rs 5361 million was allocated to 93 projects including 16 ongoing and 77 new schemes during the current year.
Disclosing details, Shah Farman said 60 existing water supply schemes have been rehabilitated including replacement of old/rusted pipes while 40 water supply schemes have been completed. Besides work on solarization of 200 existing/new pumping WSS would be completed in next year.