WATER FACILITY FOR FARMING COMMUNITIES INAUGURATED (BACK PAGE)

A MODERN water facility to provide 10 farming communities in the Kwahu North District (Afram Plains) with clean drinking water has been inaugurated.
The GH¢600,000 project, with a pumping base at Kayera, would supply 500 gallons of water per day to Alavanyo, Agotime, Lomnava, Mim Chemfre, Kpedome, Atideke, Catapilar Tornu, Alahele, Kayera and Nyipkogyi communities.
The Small Town Water project was undertaken by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
Inaugurating the project, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, said the provision of clean drinking water to the communities would help to significantly reduce various water-borne diseases in the area to prolong the lives of the people, especially children.
He charged the caretakers of the project to maintain it at all times to enable the beneficiary communities derive maximum benefit from it.
The Regional Minister commended DANIDA for its commitment to improving the health status of people in poor communities, saying “by your support, you are assisting the government to solve multi-faceted water related-problems in deprived areas”.