Reference :
V-P-AZ-E-00258
Date :
01/07/2008
Caption :
West of Azerbaijan,Gadabay region. ICRC cars are on the road for opening ceremony of ICRC's community-based project on rehabilitation of water-supply system for frontline village.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
1-07-2008 News release 08/117
Azerbaijan: Safe water reaches conflict-affected villagers
Baku (ICRC) – Families living in the village of Ayridara, along Azerbaijan's border with Armenia, will soon have access to safe drinking water thanks to a water project carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with the local authorities and the community.
"Fourteen years have passed since the Nagorny Karabakh ceasefire was announced, but access to clean water is still an ongoing concern for the civilian population living in conflict-affected villages," said Juan Carlos Carrera, the head of the ICRC's office in Barda.
"Residents of places like Ayridara are regularly prevented from getting access to safe water because many springs are located between military positions or too close to the front line," he added.
The ICRC's community-based water supply project will make a steady supply of clean water available to Ayridara's 150 residents. Work started in April and involved upgrading 1.25 kilometres of pipeline and the installation of two reservoirs and two containers for collecting spring water.
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