SHIBERGHAN: Construction work for an irrigation canal was kicked off late on Tuesday, in the country’s northern Jawzjan province, a local media outlet reported Wednesday.
“Funded by the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), the project, worth 100,000 U.S. dollars, has been launched in Faizabad district of the province,” the state-owned Bakhtar News Agency (BNA) said. Over 47 hectares of lands are expected to be irrigated after completion of the project within few months providing jobs for tens of people and helping 4,000 others use the flowing water.
Construction of two clean water-supply projects costing 3 million Afghanis (each U.S. equals some 91 Afghanis) have also been completed by the UNICEF and exploited in Faizabad and Chehiljoy districts of the province.
The Kabul Times
Irrigation canal project kicked off in Jawzjan
