Coordinates: 34°29′5″N 70°21′48″E

Darunta Dam
The Darunta Dam (Pashto: ‫ )درونټه برېښناکوټ‬is a
Darunta Dam
hydroelectric power dam located on the Kabul River near
Darunta, approximately 7 km west of Jalalabad, the capital of
Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan.

Darunta Dam was constructed by Soviet Union (USSR)

companies in 1964[1] and its power station contains three
vertical Kaplan turbines (six-blade propeller) with a rated
output of 3.85 MW each. Originally, the dam supplied 40 to 45
megawatts of electrical power[2] but silting and damage to the
system during the Afghan civil war has reduced its actual
output to 11.5 megawatts. The war in 1992 severely damaged
Darunta dam.[3] The plant is currently in very poor condition Afghan men work by the canal outside
and requires major rehabilitation including possible the Darunta Hydroelectric Power Plant
replacement of all three turbines.[4] in 2005
Official name ‫درونټه برېښناکوټ‬
ANHAM was contracted by USAID to perform the
rehabilitation of the Darunta Hydroelectric Power Plant. Country Afghanistan
Rehabilitation is in progress[5] and expected completion date Location Jalalabad, Nangarhar
was 31 January 2012. On 4 March 2013 Wadsam reported that Province
USAID suspended aid to the project due to the failure of Coordinates 34°29′5″N 70°21′48″E
Governor Gul Agha Sherzai in fulfilling his promise to finance
10% of the total cost of the US$11mn project.[6] Purpose Irrigation and electricity
Status Operational
See also Opening date 1960
Owner(s) Afghan Ministry of
List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan Energy and Water
Dam and spillways
References Impounds Kabul River
1. http://iwpr.net/report-news/afghan-olive-farms- Power Station
waiting-water Operator(s) Afghan Ministry of
2. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/200810 Energy and Water
06184236/http://www.urd.org/fr/activites/recherche/fic
hiers/LRRD/Urban/LRRD_Article_Urban_devt_Jalal
abad_RM.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (htt
p://www.urd.org/fr/activites/recherche/fichiers/LRRD/
Urban/LRRD_Article_Urban_devt_Jalalabad_RM.pd
f) (PDF) on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
3. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United (1999). Fish and Fisheries at Higher
Altitudes: Asia (https://books.google.com/books?id=Z
4HESCeJyZcC&pg=PA147). Food & Agriculture
Org. ISBN 978-92-5-104309-7.
 4. https://www.fbo.gov/index?
s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=1654dcd5eb059801b5c75ba8a16e391e&_cview=1&
5. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/201109
04022004/http://www.anham.com/projects/current.as
p). Archived from the original (http://www.anham.co
m/projects/current.asp) on 2011-09-04. Retrieved
2011-03-23.
6. http://www.wadsam.com/usaid-suspends-work-on-
the-rehabilitation-of-darunta-dam-242/

External links
USAID Afghanistan Project Information Sheet (2004): Darunta Hydroelectric Power Station -
Rehabilitation (http://www.afghaneic.org/library/donor%20projects/Darunta.pdf)

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