
KABUL (PAN): More than a dozen development schemes were executed in central Maidan Wardak province on Monday, officials said.
The governor spokesman said the projects were completed at a cost of 7000,000 provided by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD).
Shahidullah Shahid added the projects included the digging of five wells, construction of two roads, a 550 metres retaining wall, six small bridges and two water tanks, six streams and a power scheme.
He said the schemes were executed in Musakhel, Etbarkhel, Nawabad, Durani, Sohrab Baba, Masoomkhel, Tigo Kala, Pyarokhel and Barikjoi villages of Nirkh district.
10 percent of the project amount was paid by people and the projects benefit 1097 families, a swinish NGO also supported the projects.
Jan Agha, a resident of the Durani village, said: "We previously faced a lack of hygienic water. Now our problem has been solved to some extent. But the government must do more."
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