New Dam To Meet Water and Power Needs In Eastern Afghanistan
Mohammad Ismael Khan, Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Water and Power
Mohammad Ismael Khan, Acting Minister of Water and Power announced yesterday that his ministry has finalized a contract with an Iranian firm to design the new Gambery dam which will be built in eastern Afghanistan. The Acting Minister told Afghan media that, “Over the Kunar River in the Shigai area, the flow of the water will be blocked and the water will reach Jalalabad city. The power dam will be constructed 35 km away.” Once the construction is over, the dam will be able to irrigate over 30,000 hectares of land and provide many residents of Kunar and Nangarhar provinces with power, as it will be able to produce 45 megawatts of electricity. The cost of the construction project will be $420 million. Ministry of Water and Power officials also told the media that the designing phase of four other dam projects will start soon.
May 31, 2010
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This will be the first Power/irrigation project in eastern Afghanistan, we will be very thankful to all those who support this project.
Eng. Ilham
Will Pakistan allow that??
I am not sure??
I love it!
That is great job. keep it up.
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