MoW’s Sanitary Engineering Planning & Projects Director Eng. Asma Murad revealed that the Ministry has commenced work on the sanitary project in Block 602 in Sitra at a cost of BD398,442. Murad explained that the project comprises of extending main and secondary pipes at a length of 3km, constructing 240 inspection chambers and connecting 130 houses to sewerage networks, in addition to implementing storm water drainage connections.
‘The project was awarded to Mohsin Haji Group. Work commenced in September 2014 and is expected to complete in August 2015,’ said Murad. The project will contribute to avoiding health hazards resulting from sewage floods, by discharging wastewater into the new sewerage network instead of tanks, which will also reduce the cost of providing septic tanks. The project will also provide an additional storm water drainage network on some roads in the area.
