JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Two canals have been reconstructed in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province with 12 million afghanis assistance of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), provincial officials said on Tuesday.
The canals’ reconstruction facilitated the irrigation of 5,000 acres of farmland and benefited hundreds of families, the officials said.
Mawlawi Abdul Sattar Mohammad, the Agriculture and Livestock Department head, said thee canals were reconstructed in Chahardidi and Shabdiani areas of Batikot district.
The project, providing work opportunity to some 2000 laborers, was completed with 12 million afs financial assistance of UNDP, Mohammad said.
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