Afghan capital to launch 165 development projects

KABUL, March 30 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan’s capital metropolis of Kabul will launch and implement 165 growth initiatives within the present yr of 1403 on the Persian calendar, native TV TOLOnews reported on Saturday.

The initiatives with a value of 6.4 billion afghanis (89.8 million U.S. {dollars}) contain the reconstruction, well being, agriculture, and transportation sectors and are meant to make the town clear and affluent, the report added.

“The plan contains constructing roads, dams, and different infrastructure in a number of industries, together with agriculture. All the prices could be paid by the inner revenues of Kabul municipality,” TOLOnews quoted Nematullah Barikzai, a consultant of the municipality, as saying.

Kabul, with a inhabitants of round 6 million, has been going through quite a lot of issues, together with a scarcity of consuming water and vitality, in addition to poor transportation and well being providers.

The yr of 1403 on the Persian calendar in Afghanistan began on March 20.