Opening date 2016 Type of dam gravity Height 113 m | Construction cost $120 to $305 million Width (base) 60 m (197 ft) Operator Afghanistan | |
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Total capacity 250,000,000 m (202,678 acre·ft) Similar Chaki Wardak Dam, Darunta Dam, Naghlu Dam, Kajaki Dam, Kabul Serena Hotel | ||
Shahtoot Dam is a proposed dam in the Kabul river basin, one of the five river basins in Afghanistan. This project will provide drinking, irrigation and Environmental water for Kabul province. The cost of this project is estimated to be about US$120 to $305 million and the feasibility study of this project cost USD 1.86 million which was completed in 2012. The return per year would be about US$2 million per year.
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Map of Shahtoot Dam, Afghanistan
The ministry of water and power inked an agreement with the Poyab Company of Iran under which the Iranian firm would complete the design of Shahtoot dam. Speaking on the occasion, the minister for water and power, Mohammad Ismael Khan said with the construction of Shahtoot dam, would provide potable water to more than 2 million residents of kabul, besides paving ground for irrigation of 4000 hectares land in the district of Charasiab and Khairabad; in addition to providing drinking water to the first phase of the New City at Dehsabz.