LUSAKA SITE&SERVICES

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The project comprises: (a) servicing for 17,000 dwellings in four major squatter settlements and preparation and servicing for 7,600 residential plots in three overspill areas; (b) preparation and servicing of 1,200 basic plots and 3,200 normal plots in six sites; (c) financing of materials loans for house improvement/construction; (d) installation of water distribution mains, a storage reservoir and booster pumps, trunk and secondary sewers, pumping stations and stabilization ponds; construction of access roads; and purchase of garbage trucks and related equipment; (e) construction of primary schools providing 9,600 student places, multipurpose community centers, health clinics, demonstration houses and markets; (f) project unit operations; detailed engineering and construction supervision; organization and management study of LCC; project preparation for future squatter upgrading and site and services; and training of community development workers; and (g) acquisition of 800 ha of land.