Reconstruction

KABUL (Pajhwok): Construction has begun on a project to build 10 pedestrian overpasses in densely populated areas of Kabul, costing over 47 million afghanis, the

Construction work has begun on a key 46.5-kilometre road connecting Greshk and Musa Qala districts in southern Helmand province, at a cost of 1.032 billion afghanis.

FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): The building for historic Yakhan School in Tiora district of western Ghor province has been reconstructed at a cost of two million afghanis funded entirely by local residents.

The Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development has inaugurated the widening of a 29km road and construction of two iron-concrete bridges at a cost of over 76 million afghanis in central Daikundi province.

About 152 development projects costong 147.8 million afghanis have been completed and put into service in eastern Nangar province, the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department said in a statement on Thursday.

Funded by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) worth 30 million afghanis, an electricity extension project has been launched for Charkh district of central Logar province.

Construction work on a 30-kilometer road has begun at a cost of 350 million afghanis in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday.

A three- storey hotel costing 83 million afghanis is being built by the municipality on a 1,800-square-meter plot in central Kapisa province.

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report about citizens’ complaints regarding prolonged power outages in Kabul, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has announced activating the 105-megawatt Tarakhel thermal power plant.

Construction work has been initiated on the first standard workshop for repairing agricultural machinery at a cost of seven million afghanis in the capital of northern Jawzjan province.

Local officials in southern Helmand say construction has begun on five retaining walls worth 72 million Afghanis in Greshk district. Once completed, the walls will protect hundreds of acres of agricultural land from flood risks.

The Energy and Water Department says a check dam with a storage capacity of more than 2,000 cubic meters of water has been completed and put into operation in western Ghor province.