US-Funded 32 Irrigation Networks to Benefit 44,000 Afghans

Thirty-two modern irrigation networks are being established in eight provinces to cover about 7,000 hectares of land.
Eng. Nasir Ahmad Durani, acting minister of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, signed contracts with 19 construction companies in Kabul for the 32 irrigation project worth 313 million Afs.
The minister said the USAID-funded irrigation projects will be implemented in Balkh, Samangan, Baghlan, Parwan, Herat, Kunar and Laghman provinces and will be finished in the next nine months. He said the irrigation networks will benefit as many as 44,000 people.
Durani said the networks construction will create job opportunities and their completion will prevent 40 percent of water from going waste and increase agriculture production by 20 percent.