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Accod signed

on Rs 546m

Japanese

grant-in-aidd

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Japan signed an

agreement here , Tuesday, under which Japan will provide an

amount of Rs. 546 million to Pakistan as grant aid for two

projects.

The agreement was signed by Takao Kawakami,

Ambassador of Japan and Javed Talat, Secretary, Economic Affairs

Division.

The grant-aid has been provided for two projects namely

Improvement of Educational Equipment for the University of

Agricultural, Faisalabad and Equipment for Improvement of Garbage

Collection and Disposal in Rawalpindi City.

Under this agreement educational equipment and glassware

necessary for imparting better practical training to the students

in different disciplines will be procured by university.

This input will stimulate new activities of research which

will help solve the problems faced by the agricultural sector.

An amount of about Rs. 234.9 million will be provided to the

government of Punjab for procurement of 30 garbage collection

detachable container trucks, 160 containers, 4 dump trucks, 3

wheel loaders, 2 bulldozers, 2 excavators , 2 water bowzers, a

wrecker truck and spare parts/tools for the workshop of

Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC).

These garbage collection trucks and equipment would

significantly increase the capability of RMC in the collection

and disposal of garbage, which will help to improve the city's

environment.-APP