GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Water and Power has launched a survey to construct nearly a dozen small dams in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Sunday.
Engineer Mohammad Akram Paktinyar, head of the survey team, told Pajhwok Afghan News: "These 11 dams are being surveyed in Gardez, Ahmadabad, Zurmat and other districts. Four of them have been completed so far and the rest are being surveyed."
After completion of the survey, the Ministry of Water and Power would construct the reservoirs, he added. He said the small dams would locally irrigate farm lands.
Residents of the province expressed . . .
