World Bank okays $300m for Sindh’s water, sanitation services
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ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved $300 million in financing to expand access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services for 1.5 million people in selected rural areas of Sindh. The financing will support the Sindh Transformational Accelerated Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services Phase 1 Project (STAR WASH-1), the World Bank’s resident mission in Islamabad announced on Saturday. The project is expected to generate more than 14,000 jobs and support the formalisation of the Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees as a rural water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) utility company. “Stunting is among Pakistan’s most severe and persistent human capital challenges, and unsafe water,…
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