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World Bank gives US $37 million for water projects

    JOHANNESBURG

    The World Bank has approved a US $37 million credit to improve water supply and waste management in Copperbelt townships that were previously serviced by the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM), the ‘Times of Zambia’ said on Friday.

    The report quoted the World Bank representative in Lusaka as saying that the ‘Zambia Mine Township Project’ would give an estimated 320,000 people access to “reliable and quality water services”. He added: “The project will facilitate the successful implementation of government’s privatisation programme by supporting vital urban services that had previously been provided by ZCCM.”

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