Egyptian Government defending its promises on expanding water supply

In the eyes of the public in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak has failed in keeping promises made when he started his presidential campaign of expanding clean water supply to villages and communities. The public mistrust is supported by reports from independent experts explaining why dozen of people from the Baradaa village in Qaliubia a couple of years ago contracted infectious diseases after drinking from contaminated water. However when the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation heard about public grievances, his chairman Abdel-Kawi Khalifa, insisted that the projects were correctly implemented and that their commitment did not decreased over the past five years and that sanitary projects were being completed. Eng. Hassan Khaled, chairman of the Executive Agency of Drinking Water and Sanitation, also informed that his agency had received LE25 billion to complete water and sanitary projects and that about 111 water and sanitary projects were completed in 2009.

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