KABUL, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan caretaker government has signed two contracts worth about 43 million U.S. dollars on power production and development, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), or the Afghan power company, said on Sunday.
The projects include a solar power facility with a capacity of 22.75 megawatts at Naghlo dam in Surubi district of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, and construction of high voltage lines and substations in the western Herat province, DABS said.
Afghanistan has been facing a power shortage. The country needs 850 megawatts of electricity per year, with 620 megawatts imported from neighboring countries including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and 230 megawatts supplied by domestic sources, according to DABS officials. ■
