KABUL, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Construction has begun on a sewage treatment plant and a potable water supply network worth 62 million afghanis (about 954,000 U.S. dollars) in the western Afghan province of Herat, the official Bakhtar News Agency reported on Friday.
The sewage treatment facility, being built in Injil district, will have a processing capacity of 2,000 cubic meters per day, the state-run media outlet added.
It also reported that the five-km-long potable water supply network would provide clean drinking water to around 6,000 families in the city's fifth and 12th precincts. ■