{"id":1531,"date":"2016-06-04T09:12:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T09:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2016-06-04T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T09:12:29","slug":"ghani-modi-inaugurate-afghan-india-friendship-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"Ghani, Modi Inaugurate Afghan-India Friendship Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The landmark Afghan- India Friendship or Salma Dam project was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Mohammad<br \/>\nAshraf Ghani in western Herat province of Afghanistan today.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghan-India Friendship Dam, earlier known as Salma Dam, on river Chist-e-Sharif in western Herat neighbouring Iran, will irrigate 75,000 hectares of land and generate 42 MW of power.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>In his address at the inauguration ceremony, Ghani welcomed Modi to his &#8220;second home&#8221;, Afghanistan, and said a &#8220;long standing dream&#8221; of the country has been realised after 30 years with help from India.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&#8220;Today, we come together to make eternal India Afghan ties and friendship. This Dam will chart a new course of cooperation and Prosperity,&#8221; said Ghani adding &#8220;Our people identify India with roads, dams and over 200 small development projects.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&#8220;Contrary to those who spread chaos and destruction, we two countries have taken the joint decision to build and grow,&#8221; said Ghani.<\/div>\n<div>peaking at the inauguration ceremony, Ghani said that with India&#8217;s help a longstanding dream of Afghanistan has been realised after 40 years. Prime Minister <a class=\"auto-link\" title=\"Narendra Modi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/topic\/person\/narendra-modi-profile-20711.html\" target=\"_blank\">Narendra Modi<\/a> said that the dam has not been built by bricks and mortar, &#8220;but by faith of our friendship and\u00a0valour of Afghans and Indians.\u00a0We are not just launching a project that will irrigate land and light up homes. We are reviving a region,&#8221; he said. He said, &#8220;The dam is a generator not just of electricity, but also of optimism and belief in the future of Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He also said that he hopes to see democracy &#8220;strike deep roots&#8221; and would like to see the people of Afghanistan unite, their economy prosper, their art and culture thrive and that their cricketers should play tests and <a class=\"auto-link\" title=\"IPL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/topic\/event\/india-premier-league-profile-91650.html\" target=\"_self\">IPL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assistance of the people and the government of India in constructing this splendid dam reinstitute the ancient ties of Herat and India,\u201d said the Afghan President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dam will chart a new course of cooperation and prosperity,\u201d the Afghan President stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur people identify India with roads, dams and over 200 small developmental projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dam is a Multipurpose project planned for generating 42 MW of power, irrigation of 75000 hectares of land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The landmark Afghan- India Friendship or Salma Dam project was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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