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Boreholes to be sunk to stem disease

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    Some 3,500 boreholes will be drilled this year to supply clean drinking water to rural communities in southeastern Cross River State in an effort to prevent an outbreak of guinea-worm and other water-borne diseases, ThisDay newspaper reported on Tuesday.

    One of the main objectives of the government was to ensure that every community had access to potable water in a bid to eradicate guinea-worm, the Lagos-based daily reported state governor, Donald Duke, as saying in Biase local council area. Each borehole, Duke added, would serve 200 people.

    On the provision of clean water in urban areas in Cross River, Duke said the water supply project from Calabar to Ugep would be completed this year, while the Ikom, Okpoma and Ogoja federal water schemes were scheduled to start soon.

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