More Roads, Electricity and Water for Afghans!

A ring road originally planned back in the 1960s to connect Afghanistan’s remote areas to its major cities will soon receive fresh funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Earlier this week, Afghanistan’s Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal signed a contract with an official from ADB in which Afghanistan will receive $340 million in grants to complete the 2,700 km ring road. The road will connect Kabul with Baghlan, Balkh, Jawzjan, Shiberghan, Faryab, Badghis, Herat and Kandahar provinces.

On the same day, another contract was signed between ADB and Omar in which $12 million will be provided to Afghanistan so it can be used to fund a project in which 500 megawatts of electricity will be imported from neighboring Tajikistan.

Finally, Afghanistan’s Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported yesterday that a new building for Nangarhar province’s department of water supply and canalization was inaugurated. Funding for the project was provided by the Japanese government. The building has 2 floors, 8 rooms and a meeting hall. “The building has a water capacity storage of 5,000 cubic meters and three water pumps that will supply clean water to 5,000 families”, said the PAN report.

January 20, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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