Determined to address the perennial acute water shortage in Kano, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, has taken delivery of 10 heavy submersible water pump machines to restore pipe-borne supply.
The 160-kilowatt capacity pumps, procured alongside the starter panels at over N1 billion, are designed to discharge multiple 1,200 million cubic litres of water per hour.
Residents have battled acute water shortages for several years, with moribund equipment lying fallow and managing to discharge little above 150 million cubic litres per day.
While unveiling the new heavy machines at the Tamburawa water plant on Saturday, Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Umar Haruna Doguwa, disclosed Governor Yusuf’s commitment to ending the water crisis in the state.
Doguwa revealed that after installing the machines procured from South Korea, the government would upscale supply to 450 million litres per day. He…
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