Breshna Sherkat and Finance Ministry sign agreement for power project
Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) CEO Abdul Razique Samadi signed the grant agreement with a Chinese-Pakistani firm for the expansion of the power network in northern Kunduz and Baghlan provinces.
Costing USD 3.51mn, the project is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The power network would benefit as many as 20,000 families, according to Minister Zakhilwal.
This is a step towards making Afghanistan’s electricity self-sustainable. Afghanistan has recently faced many problems from neighboring countries importing electricity. The countries do not step forward to fix the power cables when needed. Furthermore, they cut the electricity supply, when political relations with them are not good.
According to the Water and Energy Ministry, 30 percent of the population has currently access to electricity. Sixty percent of the electricity is being imported from neighboring countries.
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