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By Kodjo Adams, RNG
Tefle, (V / R) March 22, GNA – Maji Project, a
The NGO, in collaboration with Global Living, inaugurated a solar power plant
mechanized water station for the inhabitants of Kpordiwlor Tefle in the
Volta Region.
About 400 inhabitants would benefit from
the installation, a new technology called Solar Water Kiosk, which will provide them
with more than 4,000 liters of drinking water a day.
Mr Sulnil Lalvani, Director General
Maji project, said that the supply of the facility is part of the
the social responsibility of the organization vis-à-vis the needs of
communities.
He said that the Volta River Authority (VRA)
supported in the attribution of the site, adding that the installation would
improve the quality of water and eliminate waterborne diseases such as bilharziasis,
which had become common in the community.
Mr. Lalvani said that this initiative would be
to relieve children and schoolchildren of the long hours of walking to fetch water,
adding that more than 30 of these projects had been built across the country.
He stated that the goal of the company was to achieve a
millions of Ghanaians on 1,000 sites by 2025.
Mr. Ebenezer Charway, Deputy Director,
Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, congratulated the Maji project for the
gesture, saying that the initiative was part of government policies
provide quality water to affected communities in the country.
He urged members of the community to develop a
maintenance culture that would prevent the plant from failing.
Togbe Nakakpo Dugbazah VIII, the supreme
Chief of the traditional Tefle region, called for unity of the community for
use the project effectively and efficiently without destroying the
establishment.
He said that the water should go with the toilet and pleaded
with the company to build a toilet facility for the community to prevent
defecation in the open, leading to diseases.
Mr. Louis Agama, District Director,
South Tongu, in the Volta region, stated that the VRA operations had affected the
the community to have portable water and thanked the Maji project for its
support to reach people.
GNA
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