Officials of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) said that two Indian companies have been selected to start the work on the CASA-1000 power project in Afghanistan yesterday.
The officials said that the Indian companies are expected to begin with the installation of transmission lines within the framework of CASA-1000 in a month’s time
The Afghan government is expected to invest 235 million USD for the implementation of the project and the Indian companies will implement the project inside Afghanistan in three phases.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated CASA-1000 project will start from Kyrgyzstan and it will reach Afghanistan through Tajikistan and onward to Pakistan’s Peshawar city. The length of the project in Afghanistan is estimated to eventually run for 562km.
With the implementation of the project, 1300 megawatt electricity of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will arrive in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan will receive 300 megawatts of power and the remaining one thousand megawatts will be transited to Pakistan via Afghanistan territory.
The statement added that Afghanistan will receive 50 million USD in transit duty from the project annually. The project will also enhance the economic connectivity between the contributing nations and will boost Afghanistan’s transit reputation in the region and entire Asia.
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