Mozambique: India donates $10M to boost drinking water supply in Cabo Delgado

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Mozambique: India donates $10M to boost drinking water supply in Cabo Delgado

6:00 CAT | 14 Feb 2022

Photo: Twitter / @IndiainMoz

India will donate US$10 million (€8.8 million) to Mozambique for the creation of drinking water supply networks in Cabo Delgado, a region in the north of the country affected by an armed insurgency, the authorities announced on Monday.

The amount is included in a memorandum of understanding signed today between Mozambique’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, and India’s high commissioner to Mozambique, Ankan Banerjee.

“The memorandum we signed is an enormous contribution to the lives of the population of Cabo Delgado province, particularly in Mueda district, the project’s area of focus, which will have an abundance of drinking water,” Minister Macamo said.

She said India was a prominent partner of Mozambique.

Among the most recent support is the donation of vaccines against Covid-19, supply with concessional financing of locomotives and carriages for the railway lines and boats for the navy.

H.E. Ms. Veronica Macamo, Foreign Minister of #Mozambique signs with HC the MoU on Implementation of Drinking Water Project in Mueda, Cabo Delgado under Government of India’s donation. #India thus fulfills one of the basic needs of safe potable water for the people of Mozambique pic.twitter.com/OmAunhLRe3

— India in Mozambique (@IndiainMoz) February 14, 2022

Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas but has been terrorised since 2017 by armed rebels, with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.

The conflict has led to more than 3,100 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project, and more than 817,000 displaced people, according to Mozambican authorities.

Since July, an offensive by government troops with support from Rwanda, later joined by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), allowed for an increase in security, recovering several areas where there was a rebel presence.

Source: Lusa