ISLAMABAD: Sindh government aims to invest Rs 5.4 billion ($53 million) in installing 750 solar-powered reverse osmosis water purification plants. The purpose of installation is to help get safe drinking water to the region’s over 1.5 million people. All of the facilities are expected to be set up and working by June this year, the government said. Residents living near a first plant, inaugurated in January in the Misri Shah area of Mithi, the district headquarters of Tharparker. Constructed at a cost of 400 million Pakistani rupees or $4 million, the plant is expected to particularly benefit women, who currently often must fetch water from far-away hand-dug wells.
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