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Shahtoot Dam is a proposed dam in the Kabul river basin, one of the five river basins in Afghanistan. This project will provide drinking, irrigation and Environmental water for Kabul province. The cost of this project is estimated to be about US$120 to $305 million and the feasibility study of this project cost USD 1.86 million which was completed in 2012. The return per year would be about US$2 million per year.〔http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/eng/business/item/4786-agreement-for-designing-shahtoot-dam-inked.html〕〔http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107117418〕 The ministry of water and power inked an agreement with the Poyab Company of Iran under which the Iranian firm would complete the design of Shahtoot dam.〔http://www.areu.org.af/Uploads/EditionPdfs/919E-Water%20Strategy%20IP%202009%20-%20web.pdf〕 Speaking on the occasion, the minister for water and power, Mohammad Ismael Khan said with the construction of Shahtoot dam, would provide potable water to more than 2 million residents of kabul, besides paving ground for irrigation of 4000 hectares land in the district of Charasiab and Khairabad; in addition to providing drinking water to the first phase of the New City at Dehsabz. ==Project Impact== *Supply irrigation water for about 10,000ha 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shahtoot Dam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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