Al-Burhan Inaugurates Wad Al-Amin Water Station as Part of Saudi Grant

The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, Monday inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Eng. Dawal-Bait Abdul-Rahman Mansour, Wad Al-Amin water station in the Eastern of the Nile area, which was stablished trough the Saudi grant to dig 500 wells in all the states of Sudan, with funding of $100. million dollars.

In his address to a celebration marking the inauguration, the Minister of Irrigation said that the ministry has conducted integrated work with states’ governments to implement the Saudi grant project to dig 500 wells in the rural areas.

He said that his ministry has drawn up a ten-year plan in the fields of drinking water, irrigation and other sectors, pointing to the continuation of efforts to achieve the goal of sustainable development by providing drinking water to citizens.

The Minister of Irrigation expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Salman, for the support he provided to Sudan through the Saudi Fund for Development.

On his part, the Saudi Ambassador to Sudan, Ali bin Hassan Ja’afar, announced that the Saudi government will establish a company to invest in strategic sectors in Sudan, explaining that a Saudi delegation will shortly arrive in Sudan to discuss these investment fields, and that this step comes within the framework of the bilateral relations between the two countries.

Ambassador Ja’afar considered the grant an addition to the renewed ties between the two countries, and support for the development projects, peace and stability operations in Sudan, affirming that the Saudi efforts of are continuous and progressing in the development and humanitarian programs in Sudan.

The Director of the Dams Implementation Unit, Engineer (Advisor) Mohamed Noureddin, has pointed to the importance of the project for the people of the area, indicating that this work came with a grant from Saudi Arabia at a value of 100 million dollars, to dig 500 wells in the Sudanese rural areas, and that the village of Wad Al-Amin is one of those targeted areas.

He announced a plan to implement the digging of 25 wells in the Eastern of the Nile area through the Chinese grant.

The representative of the Saudi Fund for Development, Bandar bin Abdallah, said that this project was financed through the fund with a grant from the Saudi government, explaining that the project provides 120,000 cubic liters of water per day, covers the needs of three million people in rural areas in Sudan, and supports the economic and social sectors to achieve the objectives water and food security in Sudan.

Bandar pointed out that the Saudi fund was able to implement development projects in Sudan at the cost of 866 million dollars, of which about 117 million dollars are three grants.