Modi, Afghan Prez Ghani jointly inaugurate Afghan-India Friendship Dam
June 04, 2016 13:23
After touching down in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani made their way to Gazi Amanullah Khan hall where they will be jointly inaugurating the Afghan-India Friendship Dam.
The Afghan-India Friendship Dam, earlier known as Salma dam, in western Herat district is built at a cost of over Rs 1,700 crore under India's development partnership with Afghanistan. The dam on the river Chist-e-Sharif will irrigate 75,000 hectares of land and generate 42 MW of power.