EU inspects rural water project in North

A DELEGATION of the European Commission in Namibia, led by Ambassador Antonius Brueser, accompanied local officials on a visit to the EU-funded Onambutu and Tsandi pipeline projects in the North last week.

They were briefed by engineers and contractors and also visited villages near Tsandi in the Omusati Region where villagers were hard at work digging trenches and laying the pipeline. Brueser said he was impressed with the well-organised project and the hard work by the people to provide water for their own use.The European Union is funding a rural water-supply programme in the Omusati, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions to the tune of N$43 million.In the Omusati Region, the Tsandi pipeline project started in July last year and will be completed by February next year.The Onambutu pipeline in the Ohangwena Region started in October last year and will be completed by December this year.A new pump station and reservoir will be installed at Oshaango near Onambutu and an existing pump station at Iindangungu village in Ohangwena Region will be renovated.Brueser said he was impressed with the well-organised project and the hard work by the people to provide water for their own use.The European Union is funding a rural water-supply programme in the Omusati, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions to the tune of N$43 million.In the Omusati Region, the Tsandi pipeline project started in July last year and will be completed by February next year.The Onambutu pipeline in the Ohangwena Region started in October last year and will be completed by December this year.A new pump station and reservoir will be installed at Oshaango near Onambutu and an existing pump station at Iindangungu village in Ohangwena Region will be renovated.