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WATER
PLANT SETUP BY RCS IN BASRA GOES OPERATIONAL
BASRA - A water purification station set up in Basra
on the orders of the President, His Highness Shaikh
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, went operational yesterday.
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26
April 2003
The
plant, which will provide 250,000 gallons a day
of drinking water to approximately two million residents
of Basra, was completed in 36 hours under the project,
titled Shaikh Zayed Project No. 1.
Another water pump, under Shaikh Zayed Project No.
2, will be installed in Umm Qasar. Three more such
projects will be implemented in other areas.
The Basra facility will provide water to hospitals
and residential areas of Basra. The project was
implemented by the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS).
"It is one of many projects ordered by Shaikh
Zayed to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people,"
said Salim Ali Al Ghafli, chairman of the RCS charity
campaign in support of the Iraqi people.
The UAE is the first country to provide such a facility
to people of Basra, he said. Mr Al Ghafli said that
other relief projects were being implemented in
southern Iraq, notably in Basra, Al Faw, Ammara
and Nassiriyah.
"The operations will be extended to Najaf,
Karbala and Baghdad in near future," he added.
"We are also focusing on medical assistance
according to the instructions of Shaikh Zayed. We
have so far taken over six hospitals and will soon
provide all facilities to them. We will receive
12 ambulances which will be given to hospitals,"
he said.
Mr Al Ghafli thanked Shaikh Zayed for his timely
instruction to provide assistance to the people
of Iraq. He also thanked Her Highness Shaikha Fatima
bint Mubarak, the President's Wife and Chairperson
of the UAE's Women's Federation, for her support
to the humanitarian work in Iraq.
Mr Al Ghafli expressed his gratitude to Shaikh Hamdan
bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs and Chairman of the RCS, for his keen interest
in ensuring timely delivery of relief goods.
He said that the people of Basra appreciated the
UAE's gesture.
"They prayed to Allah to protect Shaikh Zayed
so that he continues to champion Arab solidarity
and stand by the distressed people around the world."
The above water purification plant was supplied
by Metito Overseas Ltd, and Metito engineers were
deputed to the site in Basra to start up and commission
the plant.
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