Officials appointed by the Islamic Emirate’s power company in Kandahar say that in the next two months, Kandahar’s electricity supply will increase to 20 to 22 hours.
Kandahar Electricity Department Information Officer Ehsanullah Amin said that in two to three months, the first turbine of the new factory will be activated along with the three turbines of the first phase of the Kajaki factory. Other turbines started operating one after the other.
According to him, if the water level is adequate, not only the city of Kandahar but also Helmand will have 24 hours power supply.
He said work was underway to install three new turbines at the new plant, which would increase the number of turbines at the Kajaki Dam to six, operating in two phases and raising water levels. The case will have a generating capacity of 151 MW.
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