DEHDADI DISTRICT, Balkh Province – Shiny new pipelines connect the water storage tank to the tanker parked beside the main road of Karmalik village.
The tanker provides sufficient drinking water for all the residents of the village.
Abdul Ahad, 45, is responsible for making sure every house in the village has access to water.
“When the water supply was disrupted, things were very difficult for us.
The village main road was being paved recently, making it easier for locals to transport goods, but the road works ruptured the existing water supply network.
With the supply system collapsing, households could no longer access drinking water through their pipeline system.
This was hard as well as unhygienic because stream water is not very clean,” says Aqela, 50, a resident of Karmalik village.
Every time we need water, we just turn on the tap in our homes and have access to clean water,” she says, smiling.
The village water supply network was restored by a Maintenance Cash Grant (MCG) awarded by NSP.
We have access to drinking water in our homes now,” says Abdul Ahad.