Luanda - The Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, on Tuesday, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan highlighted the implementation by the Angolan government of long-term initiatives aimed at improving access to water and strengthening water and energy security.
At the 3rd High-Level International Conference on the International Decade of Action “Water for Sustainable Development” 2018-2028, she said that a significant effort is being undertaken in the rehabilitation, modernization and construction of new infrastructures in the sector, collection and treatment of wastewater.
Esperança da Costa informed about the approval of the Programme for Combat the Effects of Drought in the country’s southern region (PCESSA), aimed to improve water supply capacity to face severe and cyclical drought in the southern side of the country.
She explained that within the scope of the same programme, the Cafu Water Transfer System implemented in the southern province of Cunene, whose main objectives are to create a water reserve to meet the water supply needs of 225,000 inhabitants, as well as to provide to water cattle and irrigate around five agricultural hectares.
The Vice-president also spoke of projects focused on improving and expanding water supply networks to populations, at a time when the country is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“Other actions related to improving access to drinking water are also underway in different regions of the country, which has made it possible to achieve encouraging indicators in the drinking water supply plan of around 58% in 2023", she highlighted.
The first woman to assume the vice-presidency of the republic in Angola revealed that taking into account the investments to be made in this area, the government hopes to see the country reach 70% by 2027, while basic sanitation is expected to increase from the current 58% to 61% by 2027. FMA/VIC/MRA/DOJ
