Kamal Khan Dam

Kamal Khan dam
Location of Kamal Khan dam in Afghanistan
Country Afghanistan
Location Chahar Burjak District, Nimruz Province
Coordinates 30°21′0″N 61°55′0″E / 30.35000°N 61.91667°E / 30.35000; 61.91667Coordinates: 30°21′0″N 61°55′0″E / 30.35000°N 61.91667°E / 30.35000; 61.91667
Purpose Irrigation and hydropower
Status Third phase (Main dam and control Dam) is in progress
Construction began 1974
Owner(s) Ministry of Energy and water, Afghanistan
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earthen Dam
Impounds Helmand River
Height 16 m
Length 2.274Km main dam
Elevation at crest 532
Width (crest) 9m (changing)
Width (base) 90m (changing)
Spillway type Ogee
Annual generation 9 GWh

Kamal Khan Dam (Pashto: د کمال خان بند‎), is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam project located on the Helmand River in Chahar Burjak District of Nimruz Province in south-western Afghanistan. Construction work on the Kamal khan dam was launched in 1974 but after the death of the Mohammad Daoud Khan president of Afghanistan, work on the dam was stopped[1].

The hydroelectric plant produces 8 MW of power in addition to providing irrigate 100,000 hectares of agricultural land.[2]

Work on III phas of the dam was opened on 19 April 2017 by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

References

  1. ↑ Work on Kamal Khan Dam phase-III
  2. ↑ of Afghanistan=29 April 2017 "Contract for construction of third phase of Kamal Khan Dam to be signed soon" Check |url= value (help).
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