HE the Minister of Works Eng. Essam bin Abdulla Khalaf went on a site visit to the sanitary project being implemented in Blocks 746 & 748 in A’Ali, accompanied by Sanitary Engineering Planning & Projects Director Asma Murad, Chief of Constructions Eng. Dawood Khalaf and the project’s contractor Jalal Al A’Ali. The Minister was briefed on the progress achieved in the project, which is now 33% complete. The project comprises of implementing 7.6km main lines and 3.2km sub-lines, in addition to 2 pumping stations. Once completed, the project will connect over 300 houses, 15 blocks, 5 buildings and 50 pieces of land to the sewerage network.
The project primarily aims to provide proper sanitary services to residents in Blocks 746 & 748 in the 9th Constituency in A’Ali. The BD1,585,188 project was awarded to Jalal Al A’Ali & Sons- JASCO), with the project agreement signed in July 2013; planned for completion in July 2015. At the end of the visit, the Minister urged the Ministry’s team supervising the project to urgently commence paving and asphalting the roads whose connections are already complete, in order to facilitate movement to residents of the area.