Water woes: Japan helps facilitate Murree village

The $115,957 project was funded by Japanese govt through Sukhi, an NGO working for rural development in Pakistan.

While inaugurating a water supply facility in Pepal Porian village in Murree Tehsil on Monday, Takashi Katae, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese embassy, stressed the importance of clean drinking water and basic sanitation services for rural communities and hoped the project would contribute to other dimensions of development in the locality. The $115,957 project was funded by the Japanese government through the Society for Upgradation of Knowledge, Health and Infrastructure (Sukhi), an NGO working for rural development in Pakistan. This project will provide safe and clean water at the doorsteps of more than 200 households.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 11^th, 2013.