UN water relief work starts
Work has started on an estimated Eur 10 million ($13 million) project to supply new water networks to the Palestinian refugee camps of Khan Eshieh and Khan Danoun, 30 kilometres south of Damascus.
It is part of a wider EU-funded, Eur 100 million ($135 million) project to expand the water supply system to the entire region south of the capital.
'This area of the country has serious water problems, with little infrastructure,' says Panos Moumtzis, director of the Syria office of the UN Relief & Works Agency. 'What started as a small project was expanded over concerns that the focus was on the camps alone.'
A local contractor, Erbani, is carrying out the contract for the water and wastewater networks.
Work has started on an estimated Eur 10 million ($13 million) project to supply new water networks to the Palestinian refugee camps of Khan Eshieh and Khan Danoun, 30 kilometres south of Damascus.
It is part of a wider EU-funded, Eur 100 million ($135 million) project to expand the water supply system to the entire region south of the capital. 'This area of the country has serious water problems, with little infrastructure,' says Panos Moumtzis, director of the Syria office of the UN Relief & Works Agency. 'What started as a small project was expanded over concerns that the focus was on the camps alone.' A local contractor, Erbani, is carrying out the contract for the water and wastewater networks.This content is only available to full MEED package subscribers (MEED magazine and MEED.com).
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