Peshawar: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has launched as many as 17 community infrastructure schemes in the districts of North and South Waziristan – under the European Union (EU) funded “Aid to uprooted people in Pakistan” project, according to a news source published on October 06.
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The project is being jointly funded by EU and Germany’s KfW Development Bank. The initiative aims to implement/establish six potable water supply schemes, five sanitisation, and four irrigation schemes – at a total cost of PKR 66.5 million.
Reportedly, these schemes would benefit a total of 1,800 households in selected villages. As the name of the initiative implies, all these community infrastructure schemes have been developed in areas where displaced families have recently returned.
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Under this programme, organised by the SRSP, the selected communities would be able to identify their infrastructural needs and implement them systematically – in the villages located in the districts of North and South Waziristan – with the technical assistance of the project team.