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Water & Sanitation is the 2nd largest sector of ERRA in terms of number of projects. The sector has multifaceted activities worth $61 million including the reconstruction and rehabilitation of 4001 Water Supply Schemes (WSS), 623 sanitation projects, 100 offices/residential buildings for Government Line Agencies; provision of Solid Waste Management (SWM) support to 23 towns in the earthquake affected areas; capacity building of concerned Line Agencies; and behavioral change through promotion of hygiene. So far, over 84% of the physical work has been completed; whereas remaining ongoing works are at advanced stages of completion.

To address water quality and hygiene issues a comprehensive project for “Water Quality Improvement & Promotion of Hygiene (WAQIPH)” has been implemented in collaboration with UNICEF and Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE) of Pakistan. Eight water quality laboratories have been established with the assistance of WHO where as UNICEF has provided nine mini labs to AJ&K.

Rain Water Harvesting is being promoted as one of the best alternative and supplementary solution to address water scarcity issues in the future .A major pilot project costing $6.2 million has been launched in the earthquake affected areas of KPK and AJ&K which will directly benefit a population of 240,000 in 20 selected Union Councils. This is the biggest ever project of Rain Water Harvesting in the public sector of Pakistan.

Tarik Feroze
Director General

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