List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are used for irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric power generation or combination of these.[1] All the dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are listed below.
Location map of major reservoirs and dams
List of major reservoirs and dams in Afghanistan
Dam | Location | Impounds | Purpose | Dam Type | Storage capacity | Height (m) |
Length (m) |
Gen. | Year Completion | Ref. |
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Naghlu Dam | Surobi District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity | Gravity | 550,000,000 m3 (445,892 acre⋅ft) | 110 m (361 ft) | 280 m (919 ft) | 75 MW | 1968 | [2] |
Qargha | Kabul Province | Paghman River | Reservoir | 5,000 ha (12,000 acres) | 30 metres (98 ft) | 450 m (1,480 ft) | N/A | 1933 | ||
Shah wa Arus Dam | Kabul Province | Shakardara River | Irrigation | Concrete Gravity | 180,000 m3 (146 acre⋅ft) | 75 m (246 ft) | 1.2MW | Under Construction | ||
Surobi Dam | Surobi District, Kabul Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity | 22.8MW | [3] | |||||
Mahipar Dam | Kabul Province | Logar River | Hydroelectricity | 66 MW | 1967 | [4][5] | ||||
Darunta Dam | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province | Kabul River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 11.5 MW | 1960 | 40MW original capacity | ||||
Band-e Amir | Bamyan Province | |||||||||
Kajaki Dam | Helmand Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 1,715×106 m3 (1,390,373 acre⋅ft) | 100 m (328 ft) | 270 m (886 ft) | 52.5 MW | 1953 | ||
Grishk Dam | Helmand Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity | |||||||
Dahla Dam | Kandahar Province | Arghandab River | Irrigation | 55 m | 535 m | 1952 | ||||
Afghan-India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam) | Chishti Sharif District, Herat Province | Hari River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | Embankment (earth & rock-fill) | 633×106 m3 (513,181 acre⋅ft) | 107.5 m (353 ft) | 551 m (1,808 ft) | 42 MW | 2016 | [6] |
Sardeh Band Dam | Andar District, Ghazni Province | Gardez River | Irrigation | 259,000,000 m3 (209,975 acre⋅ft) | 1967 | |||||
Band-e Sultan | Ghazni Province | Ghazni River | Irrigation | 10th Century | ||||||
Chaki Wardak Dam | Chaki Wardak District, Wardak Province | Logar River | Irrigation | 1938 | Oldest modern dam | |||||
Sar-e-Haus Dam | ||||||||||
Surkhab Dam | Logar Province | |||||||||
Kamal Khan Dam | Chahar Burjak District, Nimruz Province | Helmand River | Hydroelectricity, Irrigation | 16 m | 2.274 km | 8 MW | Phase III under construction | |||
Zana Khan Dam | ||||||||||
Bakhsh-Abad Dam | Farah province | |||||||||
Dams and reservoirs under construction in various parts of Afghanistan
- Aino Mina dam and reservoir in the city of Kandahar (mainly for providing fresh water to the city residents).
- Band-e Pashdan, a $117 million project in Herat province in western Afghanistan (under construction as of 2019).[7][8]
- Shahtoot Dam in the Char Asiab District of Kabul Province, which will cost around $230 million to build.[9][10]
- Manogi Power Dam in Kunar province, which will generate approximately 1000 MW of electricity.[11][12]
- Kunar Dam in Surtak (approximately 300 MW)[13] in Kunar province, to be constructed in the next 12 years after 2013.[14]
- Two dams in Baghlan Province[15] One is named Pul-e-Khumri Dam.
See also
References
- "India's Controversial Afghanistan Dams". The Diplomat. August 20, 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- "Naghlu Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant Afghanistan". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Sarobi Dam". industryabout.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Mahipar". energypedia.info. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Mahipar Hydroelectric Power Plant". globalenergyobservatory.org. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "At Afghan dam inauguration, PM promises: India will not forget you". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- "Work Resumes On Construction Of Herat's Pashdan Dam". TOLOnews. December 8, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- Afghan news site video (January 2019)
- https://www.tolonews.com/business/india-help-build-shahtoot-dam-kabul
- https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/13/afghanistans-rivers-could-be-indias-next-weapon-against-pakistan-water-wars-hydropower-hydrodiplomacy/
- https://wadsam.com/afghan-business-news/construction-work-on-kunars-managi-power-dam-launched-232/
- https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2016/06/11/residents-urge-govt-build-big-dam-kunar-river
- http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2013/08/26/joint-dam-kunar-river-being-mulled
- http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2013/04/10/energy-master-plan-being-implemented
- http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2013/04/08/baghlan-hydropower-dams-being-reconstructed
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