ADB provides funds for union concils projects

KARACHI (PPI) - The Sindh Assembly was told on Friday that Asian Development Bank was providing funds for clean drinking water supply and laying sewerage system in over 5000 union councils across the country.
Sindh Minister Shoaib Bukhari was replying supplementary questions in the house on the behalf of Provincial Minister for Public Health Engineering, Muhammad Adil Siddiqui who did not attend the session. He said Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides funds to the federal and provincial governments who then release them to district governments for carrying out above projects.
MPA Syed Ghulam Shah Jilani asked why the provincial government does not earmark funds for starting projects in rural areas as some district governments are lacking funds. The Minister replied that Sindh government would ensure release of funds to these districts.
MPA Jam Tamachi Unnar raised objection why water supply projects are being carried out in those villages where already subsoil water is sweet. Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro also asked Minister Shoaib Bukhari why such projects are being carried out in such villages while brackish water villages need more of clean water supply projects.