The Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) says the construction of a power dam on Kunar River will have the capacity to produce 1500 megawatts of electricity and that Pakistan will not face any problems with water shortage.
The acting Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansoor raised this matter on Saturday in the Government Accountability Program to the Nation.
Mansoor stated that in the past year, this ministry has been able to complete the incomplete works of Kamal Khan dam in Nimroz, Shah wa Arus dam in Kabul, Pashdan dam in Herat and Tori dam in Zabul.
He stressed that they will implement six other big dams in Takhar, Herat, Ghazni and Baghlan provinces next year.
During the past three years, this ministry has signed many projects of electricity production from various sources with the private sector, which will produce 500 megawatts of electricity, he added.
In this program, it was also said that the Ministry of Energy and Water has agreed with the World Bank to start the practical work of the CASA-1000 electricity project in the current solar year, which will be completed by 2024.
In this program, it was also said that the Ministry of Energy and Water has agreed with the World Bank to start the practical work of the CASA-1000 electricity project in the current solar year, which will be completed by 2024, and Afghanistan will receive $165 million annually from that transit right.