THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED AN EXTENSION OF THE GRANT AID TO ZAMBIA OF APPROXIMATELY 8.7 MILLION DOLLARS OR 41 BILLION KWACHA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT FOR THE GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT IN LUAPULA PROVINCE.
ACCORDING TO THE NEWS STATEMENT THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WHICH HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED FROM 2008 TO 2010.
THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE DRILLING OF 216 BOREHOLES IN FOUR DISTRICTS OF LUAPULA PROVINCE AND THE SETTING UP OF SUSTAINABLE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS FOR THE BOREHOLES.
THE SYSTEMS WILL ALSO INCLUDE PUTTING IN PLACE MEASURES TO REDUCE LEVELS OF IRON IN THE WATER, AS GROUND WATER IN SOME PARTS OF LUAPULA PROVINCE CONTAINS IRON.
THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BENEFIT MORE THAN 54,000 PEOPLE.
THE AIM OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROJECT IS TO FURTHER IMPROVE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER IN LUAPULA WHERE THE ACCESS RATE IS AT 23.1% THE LOWEST LEVEL AMONG THE NINE PROVINCES.
THE NOTES FOR THE GRANT AID WERE SIGNED AND EXCHANGED IN LUSAKA, BETWEEN JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO ZAMBIA AKIO EGAWA AND THE FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING MINISTER DR SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE.
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