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Ghazni dam project underway after initial survey conducted
Once complete, the dam, which will be used to store water for irrigation purposes, will hold 60 million cubic meters of water
A technical survey and assessment for a new dam in Ghazni province has been carried out, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Water and Energy confirmed.
Earlier this year, Mullah Abdul Latif Mansoor, the Acting Minister of Energy and Water, met with elders and provincial officials from Qarabagh district in Ghazni province to discuss the construction project.
Mansoor pledged to implement the project after the Ghazni delegation mapped out the importance of the dam.
On Tuesday, the ministry said a technical team from the ministry’s Survey and Design Department of the General Directorate of Engineering Services and Water Facilities has conducted a survey and assessment of the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province.
According to the ministry, once complete, the dam, which will be used to store water for irrigation purposes, will hold 60 million cubic meters of water.
Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be irrigated.
