Kuwait Society for Relief (KSR) opened on Thursday the project “urgent solutions to the water problem” which will benefit over 300,000 residents in in Taiz city,” southwestern Yemen.

The project, with a production capacity of four million liters a day, has been handed over to the local authority of water and sanitation, deputy director of KSR office in Yemen Adel Baghesh told KUNA.

It was implemented in cooperation with Estijabah Foundation, a Yemeni NGO, he noted.

On his part, Estijabah Director Tareq Lakman said the project included drilling of eight water wells with depths of up to 3,300 m. and a total pumping capacity of 2,000 cubic m. a day.

The project will be hooked up to the main water network of the city under supervision of the authority of water and sanitation, he said.

Hailing the project as vital, director of the authority office in Taiz Samir Abdul-Wahed said the authority will maximize use of the project to solve the water problem resulting from the siege laid by the Houthi militias on the city.

He expressed gratitude to the State of Kuwait, the KSR and the Kuwaiti people and government for their supportive stance towards the Yemeni people.

Source: Kuwait News Agency