Officials on Sunday inaugurated construction work of the 252 MVA substation in Kabul’s Tarakhel area and the 220 KV power line project from Chemtala to this substation.
The projects will be implemented by local companies with a total investment of $18.7 million. Once completed, the substation will supply 250,000 residential and business clients with electricity.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Political Deputy Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir said that controlling Afghanistan’s waters, water supply, production of wind, solar and thermal energy and the development of agriculture are among the priorities of the Islamic Emirate, assuring neighbors that it will not affect them. He also noted that Afghanistan’s soil has not been used against any country and the world also wants to engage with the Islamic Emirate.
“The world has recognized that a stable and self-sufficient Afghanistan will be possible only with the Islamic Emirate in power. The Islamic Emirate has proven in practice that no one is harmed from the soil of Afghanistan and today the world is interested in cooperation and engagement with Afghanistan,” he said.
Meanwhile, officials of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said that two electricity transmission projects of 2,000 megawatts are underway from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
“With the implementation of these projects, 24/7 electricity will be provided to all industrialists, businessmen and residential houses in Kabul,” said Abdul Bari Omar, the head of DABS.
According to the Ministry of Energy and Water, a large water dam in Zabul will soon be commissioned, the construction of Pashdan Dam has been completed and the clearing process for the handover of Shah wa Arus Dam in Kabul is underway.
This dam will provide drinking water to 20,000 families in the city, thousands of hectares of land will be irrigated and 2 megawatts of electricity will be produced.