The building of the Chisinau – Straseni – Calarasi water pipeline will begin at the end of this year. The announcement was made in the first meeting of the working group that was held at the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment on March 15, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry, the meeting involved representatives of the local public authorities of Chisinau, Straseni and Calarasi. These said the fact that the owners of the land located along the route of the pipeline didn’t register the property could be a challenge.

Ion Lica, head of the Environmental Projects Management Service, said the amendments to the contract for working out the feasibility study, coordinating the route of the pipeline with the land owners and obtaining urbanism certificates is to be signed in the immediate period.

The works are carried out within the project “Improvement of Water Infrastructure in Central Moldova” (first stage) that is financed by the Federal Government of Germany through the KfW Development Bank. The cost of the first stage is €16.5 million. The money is provided as a grant for a two-year period.