Mohammad Hassan Hasam, 60, resident of Nurgal district of Kunar province, says: “We are deprived of electricity although we’ve ample water in our river flowing into Pakistan. So, Pakistan has built a dam at Warsak area providing all Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with electricity. Afghanistan has an estimated 75 billion cubic of water and 80 per cent of it is used by our neighbors.” What are your plans for generating electricity and providing irrigation and clean drinking water to the people?”
Abdullah says water resources are a guarantor for bright future of his country. Afghanistan is in dire need of energy and water, however, we need to utilize the existing water resources and generate electricity for the development of the country.
We need to initiate long term project to generate energy and electricity which will help improve our agriculture sector. He says proper management of water resources is keyto country’s development which needs to be implemented judiciously.
10. Policy to resolve water problem:
- Changing Afghanistan from an importing of electricity to its exporting country.
- Investment will be made on wind, solar and hydropower.
- Attracting investments for energy sector.
- Balanced distribution of energy to all provinces.
- Resolution of water problems with neighboring countries and
- Standardization of energy sector.
Ghani said they would introduce a proper irrigation and water management system and addressconcerns on the construction of water dams.
“Natural water reservoirs are situated in areas where poor people live and our government will choose these areas for the construction of dams, which will benefit the poor families,” he added.
“The philosophy of water management is embedded in our religion and our rich culture in addition has taught us how to manage the water.”
Mohammad Hassan Hasam, 60, resident of Nurgal district of Kunar province, says: “We are deprived of electricity although we’ve ample water in our river flowing into Pakistan. So, Pakistan has built a dam at Warsak area providing all Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with electricity. Afghanistan has an estimated 75 billion cubic of water and 80 per cent of it is used by our neighbors.” What are your plans for generating electricity and providing irrigation and clean drinking water to the people?”
10. Economic policy cannot be answered in a brief. We have underlined separate policies for the development of agriculture, livestock, industry, transportation, tourism, internal and external trade, and handcraft, job generation enhancing production and building the entire infrastructure. We believe our policies will yield fruits once we are able to eliminate poverty, generate equal working opportunities, providing equal opportunities of trade and investment and removing trade barriers. We are sure that reforms in custom and financial system, anti-corruption campaign, building infrastructure, promoting agriculture, industries, transportation and transparent use of international funds would help remove unemployment and strengthen economy of the country in the long-run.
In addition, regional cooperation and exploitation of regional resources can help generate more and more job opportunities.Afghanistan would need foreign aid for long and we will strive hard to promote our agriculture, industrial, transportation sectors and launch professional training and explore markets for our productions.
