The Katsina State Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for N819.7 million with Mothercat Construction Company to rehabilitate the Dutsinma Dam.
Alhaji Jamilu Muhammad, the Commissioner for Water Resources, said in Katsina that the job would be completed in 18 months.
Muhammad said that the dam had not been rehabilitated since it was built 30 years ago.
He said that the dam had the capacity to supply four million cubic litres of water to the people of the area.
According to him, the work will cover the rehabilitation of its water spill way; the treatment plant and the access roads to the site.
He urged the contractor to quickly mobilise to the site to enable the government meet the water demand of people in the area.
A representative of the company, Mr Moroun Ghostine, assured that the company would finish the work within the stipulated period. (NAN)