TUNIS (TAP) - The National Constituent Assembly (NCA) adopted, Tuesday, the draft law related to the ratification of the loan guarantee agreement signed in August 2013 between Tunisia and the KFW Development Bank providing for the achievement of a sea water desalination station in Djerba Island.
The loan aimed to help the National Water Distribution Utility (SONEDE) to finance the achievement of this station.
The loan, worth 60 million Euros, (120 million Tunisian dinars), is repayable over 15 years with a grace period of five years. The loan will be reimbursed with an interest rate set at 3.8%.
The objective of the project, which concerns some 200 inhabitants, is to energise the water resources and improve their quality in the region until 2025.
It also aimed to achieve a new pole of production neighbouring the tourist zone to master the pressure on the cost of transport and distribution of water.
The total cost of the project is estimated at about 131 million dinars, in addition to 4 million dinars devoted to financing the tanks destined to the connection of the station to the distribution network achieved in 2012.
In addition to KFW, the French Development Agency (AFD) mobilised 11 Million dinars for funding this project.
Besides, the NCA adopted a draft law related to the ratification of a loan agreement signed in July 2013 between Tunisia and AFD concerning the funding of programme of supplying rural zones in drinking water.
Worth 20 million euros (40 million dinars), the loan will be repaid over 20 years with 7 years of grace period.
The NCA adopted another draft organic law related to the ratification of the agreement signed on October 16, 2012 between Tunisia and the Swiss Federal Council providing for the mutual encouragement and protection of investments.
The project aimed to reach a rate of supply of 95% in the rural zones and provide the supply of some 80,000 inhabitants of the rural zones in 18 governorates of the interior regions.
© Tunis-Afrique Presse 2014
