KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani issued a new decree following the conclusion of a review commission to study the route for the 500kV transmission line.
The presidential decree states that a 220kW double circuit power line will be transmitted from from Doshi to the central provinces to transmit 300 megawatt of electricity that would be enough for the entire central provinces.
The decree further states that the power 220kV power line should be executed to include the construction of a 220kV (double circuit) electricity network to transmit 300 megawatt of electricity from Doshi to center of Bamyan with the start of the project to be from the first of the month of June and should conclude in the solar year 1398.
A substation should also be constructed in Bamyan province with the execution of the project to be the start of the month of June and must finish in the solar year 1398.
The decree also states that a distribution network should be constructed in Bamyan to supply electricity to at least 20,000 families. The project should in the month of June and should conclude in November of 1398.
The relevant institutions have also been instructed to present a plan for the construction of electricity supply network in the other central provinces and must submit it to the cabinet for approval in six months.
A thermal power factory should also be built in Eshpeshta area of Bamyan and a 500kV transmission line should be built from Eshpeshta to Arghande.
The decree states that the Ministry of Finance must arrange the funding for the project and should present to the parliament through the government as part of 1395 national budget review.
The procurement work of 500kV transmission line from north to south will resume as per the findings of the commission and in consideration with the execution of the technical and procurement work of the transmission line in the past two and half year. (KP)