Addis Ababa,4 June 2015(WIC) – Ethiopia has achieved accessing potable water targets set both in the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) and the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy said.
In his exclusive interview with WIC, State Minister Kebede Gerba said that in the GTP it was planned to provide 100 percent potable water was in the urban and 98 percent in the rural areas, which the Ministry has already achieved both target.
According to the State Minister, the Ministry has managed to provide potable water to 34.8 million citizens exceeding the plan set to provide for 33 million citizens.
The State Minister also emphasized that the Ministry has managed to achieve 80 percent although the plan in the MDG was to reach 60 percent.
Safe drinkable water coverage expected to reach 86% by the end of this fiscal year, he added.
In the beginning of the GTP it was set to reach the number of new construction of water sectors to 89,000, this is time
The Ministry constructed 75,000 water delivery stations in the first GTP and planned to construct 170,000 thousand in the second GTP period.
By the second phase of GTP the Ministry hopes to deliver better services in quantity, quality and coverage, he underscored.
He also said that the availability of potable water is planned to reach 16 hours on average without any interruption in the second GTP period.
WIC learnt that over 30 billion EB was allotted for potable water and other related works in the first GTP period.