Officials at the headquarters of Breshna Company have announced the signing of the electricity import contract for 2024 with Turkmenistan, and they say that according to this contract, 1.8 billion kilowatts of electricity will be imported to Afghanistan per hour.
Efforts are underway to resume practical work on major transit and energy projects between Central Asia and South Asia through Afghanistan. The office of the deputy PM for economic affairs said.
Afghanistan’s power utility company (DABS) met with officials from Türkmenenergo State Electric Power Corporation to discuss technical aspects of the electricity transmission project.
A number of industrialists and traders in Herat met with the Deputy Minister of Finance and Customs and the General Director of Customs of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan will have sufficient electricity, produced locally, to service the country. Economic Deputy of the Prime Minister, Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar said.
One of two electrical circuits feeding Kabul and other provinces with imported electricity has been repaired. Afghanistan’s power utility company, said.
The Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that, The rate of production in Kabul factories has declined by up to 50 percent due to increased electricity outages.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said the reason behind the longer and more frequent outages in Kabul is due to an electricity network problem in Uzbekistan.