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KABUL (PAN): An Indian firm has agreed to expand a power station in the Dasht-i-Barchi area, west of Kabul, at an estimated cost of $14.7 million, officials said on Wednesday.
An agreement to this effect was signed between power and energy minister, Ismail Khan, and director of the Angelique International, Swapnil Mittal, in Kabul.
Khan told reporters the expansion included designing and a survey, the installation of 90 new transformers and 3,200 electric poles. The project, which will take a year to complete, will result in power supply to another 25,000 families.
According to the Ministry of Power and Energy, up to 700 megawatts of electricity are available in Kabul. But only 250MW is being used due to the outdated power supply networks.
The minister assured efforts were underway to expand and renovate the power supply networks in Kabul. He said Kabul population was rapidly increasing and new power projects were urgently needed.
Without going into details, he said talks with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were ongoing to extend electricity from Kabul to Zabul.
Khan revealed his energy-deficient country, currently having 1200 megawatts, needed a total of 5,000 megawatts to meet its electricity requirements.
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An agreement to this effect was signed between power and energy minister, Ismail Khan, and director of the Angelique International, Swapnil Mittal, in Kabul.
Khan told reporters the expansion included designing and a survey, the installation of 90 new transformers and 3,200 electric poles. The project, which will take a year to complete, will result in power supply to another 25,000 families.
According to the Ministry of Power and Energy, up to 700 megawatts of electricity are available in Kabul. But only 250MW is being used due to the outdated power supply networks.
The minister assured efforts were underway to expand and renovate the power supply networks in Kabul. He said Kabul population was rapidly increasing and new power projects were urgently needed.
Without going into details, he said talks with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were ongoing to extend electricity from Kabul to Zabul.
Khan revealed his energy-deficient country, currently having 1200 megawatts, needed a total of 5,000 megawatts to meet its electricity requirements.
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