The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) has signed a 14-month water project grant with the OIC Secretariat in The Gambia worth about $22.5 million.
The deal, sealed yesterday 2 November, will spur the implementation of the OIC water project, which mainly focuses at the OIC concentrated areas within the Greater Banjul Area.
The contract implementation is set to immediately commence with the detail engineering design of all components, the drilling of 13 water production and 3 observatory boreholes in the Kombo South settlements of Sanyang, Falla and Tujereng. There will also be construction and laying of clear water transmission lines from the treatment plant to the demand centers and elevated tank sites in Bijilo, Salaji and Sanyang, construction of elevated water tanks, expansion and rehabilitation of the water distribution network in the GBA.
He said the implementation of the project would help alleviate the constraints currently faced. He thanked the OIC Secretariat, the Saudi Fund, the Ministry of Energy and the Gambia government for their support.
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