The US$ 355 million Millennium
Challenge Account (MCC) supported Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage
(LWSSD) project will come to fruition this week.
Once completed, over one million
people are expected to benefit from this ambitious project through the
provision of clean and safe water supply, adequate sanitation and improved
drainages in targeted areas.
Finance and National Planning
Minister, Alexander Chikwanda and MCC top officials will put to pen the US $
355 million worth of investment in the water sector in Lusaka this week.
Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company
(LWSC) Managing Director George Ndongwe said MCC has supported the government
with funds to develop Investment Master Plans in water and sanitation for
Lusaka Province.
The Zambia News and Information
Services (ZANIS) reports that Mr Ndongwe disclosed this to Journalists in
Lusaka today after touring a water reservoir in the outskirts of Kalingalinga
compound.
He explained that in the last 20
years, there has been no investment of this magnitude in the water supply,
sanitation and drainage sector in Lusaka Province whose population has been
growing rapidly.
Mr Ndongwe further explained that
the investment package covers water supply, sanitation and drainage projects
for the City of Lusaka which will include the peri-urban areas.
The LWSC Chief Executive Officer
noted the object of the proposed project is to increase incomes through
improved health and sanitation in the province.
He stated that the project will
provide short, medium and long term investment programmes for the next 25 years
and contribute to employment opportunities for the youths in implemented areas.
ZANIS
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