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Government sends ten backup generators to support Kyiv water grid

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers will supply 10 backup generators to Kyiv's water utility after Russian strikes crippled municipal supplies, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced on Nov. 5.

Government sends ten backup generators to support Kyiv water grid

Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky announced that the Cabinet of Ministers will transfer 10 additional generators to Kyiv to ensure the local water utility can operate. Interfax-Ukraine reports that another 21 generators will be sent to 12 communities across various regions.

In Ghana, Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu disclosed that approximately 92 per cent of households have access to improved drinking water according to the 2021 Population and Housing Census. MyJoyOnline Ghana reports that this figure represents a steady increase from 60.7 per cent in 2000 and 86 per cent in 2010.

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