PARON (Pajhwok): Hundreds of laborers have been employed to work on two canal projects against food in the capital of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Saturday.
Maulavi Sulaiman Aiman, Nuristan agriculture, livestock and irrigation department head, said the construction of two canals in Paron were financially assisted by the World Food Program (WFP) while the New Consultancy and Relief Organization (NCRO), an Afghan voluntary organization, was implementing the projects.
Aiman added: “Tens of acres of land will become arable and hundreds more will be irrigated with construction of these two canals”.
Mohammad Gullab Omari, head NCRO at the . . .
