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Receding water poses challenge to Kajaki dam output

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Officials on Monday said power production at the Kajaki hydropower plant in southern Helmand province was likely to be stopped because of declining water in the reservoir.

Helmand power department head Nasrullah Qani told reporters in Lashkargah that they collected nearly four million afghanis in revenue from customers on a daily basis.

He said the income would stop if the power supply to people was suspended. “The amount of water in the dam reduced due to lack of raining last year and despite that people used thousands of pumps and canals to irrigate . . .

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