EU, UN to build houses for 3,000 Nangarhar families

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The European Union and the United National are building residential houses for 3,000 deserving families at a cost of $32 in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.

UN Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT) Director Sayed Malook Sherzad assured Nangarhar Governor Hayatullah Hayat of implementing the programme soon.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News said Sherzad asked the governors to provide land for the housing scheme being funded by the EU.

The houses would be built after a special survey and creation of a database. Hayat tasked the provincial land authority and municipality to launch the survey and share the outcome with the governor’s house.

According to Khogyani, the governor assured the UN HABITAT programme director of all possible cooperation in implementing the project.

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