Rakhroukh.. We will work to register the Shabtaba Dam project in Oum El-Bouaghi in future sectoral programs – Al-Hiwar Al-Jazaeryia

The Minister of Public Works, Irrigation and Basic Facilities, Lakhdar Rakhroukh, confirmed today, Thursday, jThat his sector is working to record the project of completing the Shabtah Dam in Oum El-Bouaghi in future sectoral programs, given the importance it confers on.

And the minister explained, during his response to oral questions in the National Assembly, in a public session chaired by Speaker of the National Assembly, Salih Gogail, that the project had not been registered before due to limited previous budgets, stressing that it will be registered in future sectoral programs due to its “great importance.”

And he mentioned that his sector prepared a study to rehabilitate some watering stations in the state, as well as granting facilities related to digging wells, with launching an inventory of all prospects and wells across the national territory to know what is being exploited from groundwater.

The minister added that the sector launched programs to improve the supply of potable water in the state, as well as the completion of six additional wells with the renewal of water distribution networks.

In response to another question about the measures taken to improve the supply of potable water in the wilaya of Batna, Rakhroukh pointed out that the process of digging 10 additional reservoirs in the wilaya has been launched, which will be received next April, with the rehabilitation of three other reservoirs in order to mobilize additional quantities of water to contribute To improve the provision of drinking water to citizens.

Regarding a question related to lifting the freeze on the project to complete the road linking the capital of the state of Mila and five other municipalities, the minister explained that the interests of the Directorate of Public Works in the state are working to complete the necessary procedures for launching the project, pointing out that the procedures related to announcing the tender for this project will be resubmitted. .