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3 days training workshop on Capacity Building of Water and Sanitation

committees concluded.

 

CHITRAL: Three days training workshop on Capacity building of Water

and Sanitation committees was concluded today in a local hotel. The

training workshop was conducted by Aga Khan Planning and Building

Services (APBS) and Water and Sanitation Extension Program (WASEP)

Chitral. District coordination Officer Chitral Rahmatullah Wazir was

chief guest on the occasion who along with other guests distributed

certificates among the successful stakeholders (participants) on

completion of 3 days training. Addressing on the occasion DCO Chitral

highly hailed contribution of civil society especially of Aga Khan

Development Network in uplifting and promoting of Chitral. He said

that although this is responsibility of state to provide all basic

amenities to its citizens but being a big district of Khyber

Pahtonkhwa and having less population than its land it is not possible

for government to overcome all problems. And that is why the district

administration always appreciates contribution of civil society in

development of Chitral. He stressed upon the participants to be

benefited from such fruitful workshops and to communicate these good

messages to their communities.

 

Speakers on the occasion said that only 24% people of Chitral using

potable drinking water but the remaining population is still deprived

because of lack of awareness and spirit of voluntarism for free work

as labor in launching these water supply schemes. Main objective of

this 3 days training workshop to enhance mutual harmony and to

interact line departments and civil societies with each other for

sustainable development of Chitral and to success these benefited

programs of hygienically clean drinking water in Chitral. As well as

to motivate the local community to be avoid from wastage of clean

water and also to avoid from using contaminated water for drinking

purposes Nizar Ali Shah senior social organizer of AKPBS briefed the

participants as resource person regarding social organization. Senior

engineer Mohsin Ali Khan highlighted different aspects of the project

on engineering point of view. As well as he briefed the participants

about the criteria, procedure and technical characteristics of water

schemes by WASEP. Javed Ahmad health and Hygiene Officer talked about

health and hygiene and stressed upon the stake holders on using only

potable and hygienically clean water for drinking purposes because 70%

disease are creating from contaminated water. Mushtaq Ahmad delivered

lecture on water quality monitoring system. Area Manager of AKPBS

Muhammad Karam thanked all participants and officers of district

administration as well as station Director of Radio Pakistan Chitral

for their participation and keen interest in this beneficial workshop.

He said that either we work in public sector or civil society but our

beneficiaries are the same and that are public. A large number of

women folk also attended the workshop. He also specially thanked to

Ali Qurban deputy Training Coordinator from Gilgit, Noor Alim Training

officer and other experts who cordially participated in this training

workshop.

 

G.H. Farooqi PO Box NO. 50 GPO Chitral OR Bank Islami Main Branch Chitral

Telephone No. 03337069572, 03469002167, 03159698446, 03025989602, 0943

3207373, 0943-316052 and 0943-414418

email: gulhamad@gmail.com

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