KABUL by 70 percent.
Construction of the Afghan section of the 260-kilometer transmission line between Uzbekistan’s Surkhan region and Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, will start in June.
The Asian Development Bank has pledged $70 million for the project, which is expected to cost $150 million. Uzbekistan will chip in with $32 million, according to Eurasianet.
Uzbek energy Chief Executive Ulugbek Mustafayev as quoted as saying the transmission line would help Tashkent export up to 24 million kilowatt hours . . .
