BADGHIS - The Badghis governor said on Monday that his administration will resolve the problems of clean drinking water supply and electricity by importing power from Turkmenistan.

In an exclusive interview with the Pajhwok Afghan News, Ahmadullah Alizai listed ensuring security, combating corruption and smuggling, implementing reconstruction schemes and improving education as his priorities for Badghis.

Considerable progress has been made in importing electricity from Turkmenistan, a move that would benefit people of the province in the near future, he claimed, adding four big wells would be dug up in Qadis district to resolve the potable water supply problem. Water from the wells would be supplied through a canal system to Qala-i-Naw, the provincial capital, he explained.

Since assumption of office in April, he has launched work on asphalting roads, construction of parks, water sprinklers, a car park and the main gate of the Governor’s house, he said.

Up to 1,600 armed militants had so far joined the peace process in the province, the governor said, identifying peace talks with the rebels as one of his other priorities. The government would not let irresponsible armed groups harass people and grab people’s properties, promised Alizai, who asked the masses to cooperate with the authorities in maintaining security in the province.

Source: Pajhwok Afghan News