Kuwait has awarded a major contract worth KD999.8 million ($3.3 billion) to state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corporation for the construction of North Kabd sewage plant, the largest such facility in the country, reported Reuters.
As per the deal, the Chinese company will be responsible for providing the design and build as well as operation and maintenance services for the 1 million cu m wastewater plant over a 10-year period.
The project is part of a broader set of China-backed developments in Kuwait, including the $4 billion Mubarak Al Kabeer port project signed in December with China Communications Construction Company, said the report.
The Central Agency for Public Tenders approved moving ahead with a 'direct contract' between the Ministry of Public Works and China State Construction Engineering Corp to build the mega sewage plant, it added.
