The Peshawar-based Honorary Consul General of the Czech Republic, Barrister Assad Saifullah Khan has inaugurated a water channel at Shober Khel area of Baka Khel, district Bannu. The channel is constructed with the financial assistance of Czech Republic, said a press release issued here on Saturday.
Besides, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bannu Atta-ur-Rehman, the Assistant Commissioner (AC) Bannu and a large number people from the local community also attended the ceremony.
The project was aimed to overcome the wastage of water and utilize it for use of cultivation purpose by the villagers and to reduce the cost of the labour to cultivate the barren land near the village. The project would enable farmers of the area to cultivate their adjacent land that was barren due to the shortage of water. Secondly, the existing water channels used for irrigation purpose are muddy that halt the flow of water.