Pakistan: umbrella programme on water, sanitation and hygiene planned
Updated - Wednesday 20 May 2009
The Ministry of Environment, with UNICEF support, is developing a proposal for an umbrella programme on water, sanitation and hygiene. At a meeting held at the Ministry on 21 April 2009, which was attended by representatives from national and local government, the following was proposed:
- the scope of the project should cover new water supply schemes, rehabilitation of existing water supply schemes, sanitation, hygiene promotion water quality monitoring and improvement, rain water harvesting, capacity development and baseline studies/data collection
- a programme duration of 5 years
- an annual budget of Rs. 2.5 billion (€ 22.8 million = US$ 31.0 million)
Stakeholder consultations at provincial-level (including AJK - Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and FANA - Federally Administered Northern Areas) on the proposed programme were planned for May 2009.
Related news:
- Pakistan: Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. to support clean drinking water project, Source South Asia, 13 Feb 2009
- Pakistan, Sindh: US$ 300 million ADB loan to improve water and sanitation in secondary towns, Source South Asia, 15 Dec 2008
- Pakistan, Northern Areas: Japan signs agreement to fund water supply schemes, Source South Asia, 02 Oct 2008
Web sites: Ministry of Environment ; UNICEF Pakistan
Source: Minutes of the 11th Meeting of the water and sanitation donor coordination group (WSDCG), drinking water-Pakistan Google Group, 07 May 2009
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