Minister of Water and Energy Visits Sultan Storage and Irrigation Dam in Ghazni
Mullah Mohammad Yunus Akhundzada, Minister of Water and Energy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, visited the Sultan storage and irrigation dam in Ghazni province.
The Ministry of Water and Energy stated that a preservation and maintenance project for the dam has been launched at a cost of 114 million Afghanis. The project is currently 35% complete and is scheduled for completion in solar year 1405.
The Sultan Dam measures 35 meters in height and 260 meters in length, with a storage capacity of 13 million cubic meters of water. It irrigates 15,000 hectares of land used by residents of central Ghazni province and Khwaja Omari district.
The budget for the project is financed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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