Contracts for electricity distribution networks benefiting 45,000 families in three provinces were signed on Saturday between the power utility and two private Indian firms in Kabul. The contracts for designing, preparation, equipment supply, installation and testing electricity distribution…
Work on extending electricity from the capital of southeastern Paktia province to neighboring Khost province was launched on Monday. Khost governor Hokam Khan Habibi told Pajhwok Afghan News the power extension project would cost $110 million and…
Residents of southern Kandahar province complain of prolonged power loadshedding, saying they are faced with multiple problems. Industrialists also grumble about unscheduled loadshedding, saying their factories have to be content with a 10 hours power supply for…
Da Afghanistan Brishna Shirkat (DABS) officials on Monday started disconnecting power supply connections of defaulters in eastern Nangarhar province. DABS director for Nangarhar Waheedullah Popalzai, who oversaw the disconnection process, told reporters in front of the municipality that…
KABUL Breshna Sherkat (DABS) or power utility officials in capital Kabul on Monday said power production has decreased by 100 megawatts due to the lack of rainfalls over the past several months. Kabul DABS head Mohib Rahman Momand told Pajhwok…
A survey on changing the route of electricity lines extended from Naghlu hydropower dam to the capital of Nangarhar province has been completed. Nangarhar electricity department director Eng. Wahidullah Popalzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that the survey was…
The power utility on Monday asked residents of capital Kabul to use electricity sparingly in winter to avoid load shedding. Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) spokesman Wahidullah Tawhidi told a press conference that Kabul needed 700 megawatts of…
The Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) on Tuesday inaugurated an online system for the payment of power bills in eastern Nangarhar province. DABS Director Wahidullah Popalzai, at the inauguration ceremony, hoped the new billing system would help increase…
Power supply to the capital and four other districts of northern Faryab province was cut off once again during a clash between security forces and militants on Sunday, , officials said. Abdul Karim Yorsh, police spokesman, told…
Residents and civil society activists sitting at a protest tent in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday warned they would not remove the tent until their demand was met. They first held a protest demonstration in…
A number of residents and civil society activists of eastern Nangarhar province asked the government to restore power supply to the province promptly, accusing the local authorities and the power utility on negligence. Ten days ago,…
The power utility chief for eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday said a number of government departments and officials owed one billion afghanis in total to the company in arrears. Da Afghanistan Brishna Shirkat (DABS) director for Nangarhar, Waheedullah…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) and the Asian Development Bank was signed on Sunday to extend a 300-megawatt of power line from Doshi district of northern Baghlan province to central Bamyan province. The development comes a month after thousands of people…
Businessmen and industrialists, who called on President Ashraf Ghani in western Herat province, on Saturday complained about the increase in electricity price and taxes. The businessmen lauded the president’s initiatives for economic development and reforms, a statement…
A solar power substation with the capacity of producing 40 megawatts of electricity would be constructed with the financial support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said Monday. During a meeting with…
The destroyed power pylon has been repaired in northern Kunduz province, partially restoring electricity to capital Kabul, an official said on Saturday, claiming the government plans to import more electricity from Tajikistan. On Jan. 27, unidentified men destroyed…
Taliban insurgents have cut off cables carrying electricity from Turkmenistan to northwestern Faryab province following a clash with security forces. Police Chief Col. Syed Aqa Andarabi told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash in Khawaj Subz Posh district left…
Officials said militants cut down another three power pylons near Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province. The sabotage act comes amid unsuccessful efforts to repair the power supply line from Uzbekistan to Kabul, which had been snapped…
Local security officials on Saturday accused the Taliban impeding the repair of a power pylon that was blown up during a clash in northern Baghlan province. Power supply from Uzbekistan to Kabul was snapped as a result of…
Local officials on Tuesday said power cables cut by the Taliban in eastern Nangarhar province had been reconnected. The electricity cables extended to Nangarhar and Laghman provinces were snapped by militants in the Ozbin area of Sarobi district…
The energy and water department of eastern Nangarhar province suffered 56.16 million afghanis losses in 13 days due to the severed power supply lines in Ozben area, an official said on Monday. Thirteen days ago, officials said suspected…
This capital cityof southern Paktika province would be lit up by a diesel-powered generator in the near future, local officials said on Sunday. Deputy Governor Attaullah Fazli told Pajhwok Afghan News the problems previously faced in supplying electricity…
Twenty-five government departments and senior state functionaries have to pay the power utility a sum of 2.7 billion afghanis in electricity bills, an official said on Thursday. Ministries of interior, transport and aviation, public works, telecommunications, labour and…
The construction of a power substation, supplying electricity to three provinces, has been completed in the Jabalus Saraj district of central Parwan, an official said on Sunday. Parwan Sectoral Director Mohammad Tahir Himmat told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
