Kabul - Today (01/05/2007), Mohammad Ehsan Zia, Minister for Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), signed 17 development projects with private construction companies at his office meeting room.
These projects include the construction of: 2 clinics, 4 schools - each school will have rooms for 8 classes- 3 high schools, 4 new roads, asphalting of 2 roads, water reservoir and the construction of a protection wall. They will be implemented in the districts of 7 provinces, mainly in Badghis, Faryab, Farah, Bamyan, Baghlan, Balkh and Badakhshan.
"The immediate benefit of these projects is that they will create 5,310 working days which will benefit hundreds of individual and their families for between 6 to 24 month period and the longer term benefit would be that thousands of people in the districts of these provinces -for some, for the first time- will have access to health, education and clean-drinking water facilities- most importantly, they will be able to bring their produce and goods to the markets with ease", said the Minister.
Seven of these projects will be implemented in the province of Faryab, 4 in the province of Badghis and the rest will be implemented in other 5 provinces mentioned above.
The total value of these projects is USD 6,253,608 and it comes from the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund (CNTF) and the MRRD's National Area Based Development Programme (NABDP) and it is being executed by the Ministry.
By building health clinics, schools, clean drinking water networks, roads, and other social and technical projects; MRRD is not only improving the livelihoods of the rural people of Afghanistan, but it is also creating job opportunities for them.
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development
Projects which were signed today, May 01/ 2007
|
No
|
Name of the Project
|
Implementation site
|
District
|
Province
|
Cost of projects
|
Working days
|
|
1
| Construction of a school with 16 rooms and 8 toilets |
Bagh-e-Bustan
|
Qurghan
|
Faryab
|
USD 287,672
|
240
|
|
2
| Construction of a school with 16 rooms and 8 toilets |
Alti Bolak
|
Qrmaqul
|
Faryab
|
USD 257,917
|
240
|
|
3
| Construction of a school with 16 rooms and 8 toilets |
Garziwan
|
Garziwan
|
Faryab
|
USD 278,250
|
240
|
|
4
| Construction of a high school |
Almar
|
Almar
|
Faryab
|
USD 248,437
|
240
|
|
5
| Construction of a clinic |
Shakh
|
Qaisar
|
Faryab
|
USD 72,675
|
180
|
|
6
| Construction of a clinic |
Bandar
|
Kohistan
|
Faryab
|
USD 76,921
|
180
|
|
7
| Construction of the roads lying in the vicinity of the province |
Around the governor's
house
|
Centre
|
Bamyaan
|
USD 196,633
|
180
|
|
8
| Construction of 25..5 km road |
Banwal-i-pulehesar
|
Andarab
|
Baghlan
|
USD 1,064,175
|
720
|
|
9
| Construction of a road |
From Zaman until Khum
Gardak
|
Murghab
|
Badghis
|
USD 430,138
|
240
|
|
10
| Asphalting of a road |
Zaman to Khum Gardak
|
Murghab
|
Badghis
|
USD 1,064,420
|
720
|
|
11
| Construction of a road |
From Rebatak to Band-e-
yakhak
|
Qadis
|
Badghis
|
USD 146,796
|
240
|
|
12
| Asphalting of a road |
Rabatak to Band-i-yakhak
|
Qadis
|
Badghis
|
USD 1,107,872
|
720
|
|
13
| Water Reservoir |
Khulam
|
Khulam
|
Balkh
|
USD 168,382
|
240
|
|
14
| Construction of a protection wall |
Balabulak, Anardara
|
Balabulak, Anardara
|
Farah
|
USD 154,662
|
210
|
|
15
| Construction of a school |
Upper Yaftal
|
Yaftal Bala
|
Badakhshan
|
USD 142,645
|
240
|
|
16
| Construction of a high school |
Khwaja Sabzposh
|
Deh Now
|
Faryab
|
USD 258,586
|
240
|
|
17
| Construction of a school |
Argo
|
Argo
|
Badakhshan
|
USD 299,527
|
240
|
Total Cost of the project: USD 6,253, 608 5,310