KABUL (Pajhwok): Contracts for 74 welfare projects benefiting more than 140,000 people in 18 provinces were signed on Saturday between the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry (MRRD) and development councils from provinces in capital Kabul.
The projects included the construction of retaining walls, irrigation canals, water dams, roads and bridges, said MRRD Minister Nasir Ahmad Durrani after signing the contracts.
Durrani said the projects would be launched soon and would take almost one year to complete. More than 140,000 people would benefit, he said . . .
