PM inaugurates Afgan-India friendship dam

 

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday jointly inaugurated a landmark dam in the history. A Rs 1,700 crore showpiece infrastructure project by India in strategically important Herat province, reflecting India's strong commitment to reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.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.