March 21, 2022/ Socotra Online
Reporting and Photography: Ahmed Noah
The Directorate of Qalansiyah in the Socotra Governorate witnessed the inauguration of the water desalination project for the city of Qalansiyah yesterday, with the support of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
The project would produce 280,000 liters of water per day and would pump it into the city to end the suffering of its residents from the lack of potable water.
The opening of the project witnessed the presence of the leadership of the local authority, sheikhs, dignitaries and social figures, in addition to the participation of women as they are an essential part of society, in confirmation of the importance of the project, which is one of the most important projects in the Directorate.
At the opening of the project, Muhammad Salem Qassem, Member of the Administrative Body of the Local Council in the district, said that the project was the first in the governorate and would contribute to the fact that it is a problem in the city of Qalansiyah in the absence of the problem of good water that they have suffered over the past years from salt water.
For his part, Yahya Moaz bin Hammoud, the Sheikh of the city of Qalansiyah, praised the efforts of the brothers in the UAE to quickly meet the needs of the people of Qalansiyah in providing a water desalination plant that works to overcome the previous suffering of citizens and find clean and healthy water for them.
He pointed out that the city and its people today are happy with this project implemented with the support of the Khalifa Foundation, which we always find by our side in providing basic services for the life of the Socotri citizen.
The citizen, Muhammad Abdullah, said that the people of the city rejoiced in this project, which ended their suffering in the use of salty and undrinkable water.
Abdullah expressed his thanks and gratitude to the Khalifa Foundation for all its development efforts to serve the people of Socotra and Qalansiyah, in particular.
