India to build another major dam in Afghanistan

India is going to assist Afghanistan in building another dam, the Shahtoot Dam, the Ministry of Energy and Water says.
Citing Asif Ghafori, Chief of Staff of the ministry, Wadsam News Agency said in a report that the project was expected to start in a month.
Estimated to cost in the range of $150mn to $300mn, the dam will be built on the Kabul river basin, one of the five river basins in Afghanistan.
The feasibility study of this project costed $1.86mn and was completed in 2012.
The proposed dam will provide potable water to more than 2 million residents in Kabul and pave ground for irrigation of 4,000 hectares of land in the province.
The project will skew the flow of Kabul River into Pakistan, possibly causing a water crisis in Pakistan.
Pakistan is worried about the reconstruction efforts of India in Afghanistan as they fear that Pakistan or India may break the Water Treaty and cut off all water supplies to Pakistan during any possible conflict.
Earlier, India built Salma Dam in western province of Herat at a cost of around USD 300mn.