The Mauritanian Minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation, Ismaël Ould Abdel Vettah, launched the drinking water supply project in five wilayas last Thursday. The launch was made in the village of Korlternou Saydou in the Maghama moughataa in the wilaya of

The drinking water supply project in five wilayas includes 176 tube wells in the wilayas of Gorgol, Guidimagha, Assaba and the two Hodhs. This project has obtained funding from the Mauritanian State and the World Bank. It must be executed by the Ministry of Hydraulics and Sanitation within eight months. The minister indicated that work is under way to launch several mega projects in the field of Hydraulics and Sanitation during the start of the second term of the President of the Republic, Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani

According to Ismaël Ould Abdel Vettah, this program is part of this process by which the government seeks to provide water in rural areas and in large cities that still need water.