Despite Ongoing Challenges Herat’s Pashdan Dam Is Close To Completion

Date: Mar 30, 2021, 12:29

According to Afghanistan National Water Affairs Regulation Authority Friday at least 85 percent of construction work on the Pashdan Dam has so far been completed.

Work on the dam, on the Hari River in Karkh district of western Herat province, started 10 years ago.

Once complete it will hold 40 million cubic meters of water and will generate 2MW of electricity and irrigate at least 13,000 hectares of land.