Shahtoot Dam is a proposed dam in the
Char Asiab District
Char Asiab District ( fa, چهار آسیاب, ''Chahār Aasiāb''
Char Asiab, Chahar Asiab, Charasiab, Charasiah or Charasia) is a district, approximately 11 km (7 miles) south of the city of Kabul, and is situated in the southern part of K ...
of
Kabul Province
Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is also Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of the Kabul Province is ...
. The establishment of the dam will provide drinking, irrigation and environmental water for the city of Kabul.
The cost of this project is estimated to be about US$236 million.
The feasibility study of the project had costed $1.86 million, which was completed in 2012. The return per year would be about US$2 million per year. The dam will be constructed by engineers from
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
The Afghan
Ministry of Energy and Water
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inked an agreement with the Poyab Company of Iran under which the Iranian firm would complete the design of Shahtoot dam.
Speaking on the occasion,
Ismail Khan
Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is an Afghan former politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a cap ...
said the Shahtoot dam will provide potable water to more than 2 million residents of Kabul, in addition to the irrigation of 4,000 hectares of land in
Char Asiab
Persian: چهار آسیاب ''Chahār Aasiāb''
Char Asiab, Chahar Asiab, Charasiab, Charasiah or Charasia is a town, ca. 7 miles south of Kabul in the Char Asiab District.
It was the site of the Battle of Charasiab in 1879 and the Second B ...
and neighboring districts. The dam will also provide clean drinking water to the
Deh Sabz District
Deh Sabz District, also romanized Dih Sabz District, (the name translating to 'Green Village') is situated northeast of Kabul city in Afghanistan. It has a population of 100,136 people (2002 UNHCR estimate). About 70% are Pashtuns and 30% are Taji ...
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Project impact
*Supply irrigation water for about 10,000 ha of existing agriculture land.
*Supply drinking water for around 2 Million people in Kabul city.
*Provision of environmental flow in the river flowing in the Kabul city.
*Recharge of ground water for drinking purposes in Kabul ground water aquifer.
*Contribution to the national food security (production of more crops, fishery and industry) .
*Promotion of tourism industry
*Increase in the job opportunities and income.
See also
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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. Below are a map and a chart showing some of Afghanistan's dams and reservoirs.
Location map of major reservoirs an ...
References
{{Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Dams in Afghanistan
Buildings and structures in Kabul Province
Proposed dams