On Wednesday, Ali AL-Qatrani, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Libyan Government, issued instructions to immediately begin maintenance of the Butrabah desalination plant for drinking water, based on instructions from the Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, to alleviate the suffering of the people of Al-Marj city and meet the urgent needs of municipalities.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Local Government, Sami Al-Dhawi, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Wealth, Younes Bouhassan, and the head of the Council of Ministers’ Officein the Eastern Region, Rida Al-Fritis.
Al-Qatrani confirmed that Bashagha had instructed that the needs of Al-Marj city be prioritized by the government, stressing the need to solve the water scarcity problem by urgently maintaining and rehabilitating the Butrabah desalination plant.
This came during Qatrani’s handing over of the contracts related to the project to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Jadar Al-Rassi Contracting Company, that will be implementing the Butrabah desalination plant project.