By Adama Makasuba
More than hundreds of communities that are to benefit boreholes across the country are asked to each raise a sum of D25, 000 for the boreholes upkeep, the nation’s ministry of fisheries has said.
The ministry’s request comes after signing GMD34 million dalasis construction project with Heloika Energy.
“Each beneficiary community is required to open and maintain a Bank Account with a minimum amount of GMD25, 000 deposited on yearly basis for a period of five years.
These moneys are collected, deposited, controlled and managed by each individual Water Committee in all the beneficiary communities and it would serve as fix deposit for future maintenance of the water facilities whenever they are officially handed over to the said beneficiary Communities at the end of the Project (CSRWASHDEP,” the ministry said.
A hundred and fifty-five communities will benefit from the Project (boreholes) and would also be provided with sanitary facilities to discourage open defecation.
As a mechanism for sustainable management of the borehole facilities, the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters through the Department of Water Resources’ Climate Smart Rural Wash Development Project (CSRWASHDEP) has established Water Committees in all the beneficiary communities throughout the Country; these committees will be responsible for the management and proper up keep of the said facilities.
