Naghlu Dam

The Naghlu Dam (Pashto) is a gravity dam on the Kabul River in Surobi District of Kabul Province in Afghanistan. It is located 40 km (25 mi) east of the nation's capital Kabul. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectricity production. The dam supports a power station with a design capacity of 100 MW of electricity. It is connected to the national grid, and is one of the largest power plants in the country. It provides electricity to about 100,000 households in the Kabul region. The Naghlu Dam is 110 m (361 ft) tall, 280 m (919 ft) long and its reservoir has a storage capacity of 550,000,000 m3 (445, 892 acre⋅ft). The dam and its reservoir are managed by the Ministry of Energy and Water. Its power station is operated by Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS). Construction of Naghlu Dam was financed and supervised by the Soviet Union between January 1960 and 1968. The first generator was commissioned in 1967. After the 1992 collapse of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the power station was used by supporters of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as a way to deprive Kabul of electricity. The power station fell into disrepair during the late 1990s, which provided very little electricity. After the 2001 U.S.-led invasion only two generators were operational. In August 2006, the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water awarded the Russian company Technopromexport

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