MTG - DEVELOPMENT

Today the Kapisa team went to Kohistan I and Kohistan II to survey sites for upcoming health clinic projects. They stopped first at the Governors compound in Mahmoud Raqi to pick up the Director of the Dept of Health for Kapisa, and drop off the PCC training team. Then the team met with the contractor, who led them so the sites (The Director of Health provided the estimates of patients these clinics will see annually): Kohistan I Sanjan (42S WD 3285 8883), 80-100k patients annually; Shir Khan Khel (42S WD 2703 8855), 200k patients annually; Kohistan II Jamalagha (42S WD 2725 8001), 100-200k patients annually Qazaq (42S WD 3128 8202), 60-70k patients annually. The engineers were satisfied with the sites in Shir Khan Khel and Qazaq, but had issues with the other two. The site in Jamalagha is a field that has recently been used as farmland to grow crops. Therefore, it has been plowed, fertilized and irrigated. The engineers are concerned because the ground is probably too soft to build on without serious preparation. The land was privately owned, but supposedly was donated to the GoA. The PRT informed the contractor that he would need to produce paperwork to prove that it is GoA land before he can start building. The engineers concern about the site in Sanjan is that it is on a hilltop. The site was selected because it is equidistant to the three villages it is meant to support. Unfortunately, the hill has little to no vegetation. The engineers suggested moving the site to the bottom of the hill to alleviate the risk of a landslide or damage to the foundation due to erosion.