Shah wa Arus Dam


The Shah wa Arus Dam is located in the Shakardara District of Kabul Province in Afghanistan, about northwest of the capital Kabul. It is a gravity dam with approximately wide spillway. The height of the dam is and its width is.
The Shah wa Arus Dam provides irrigation water to of land. Its power station can produce up to 1.2 megawatts of electricity. The site attracts many local and national tourists.

History

Construction of Shah wa Arus Dam has long been proposed by Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water. The bidding deadline for the dam construction was 24 March 2014, when an Iranian company known as Tablieh and Parhoon Tarh JV was chosen as the main contractor for the project. It was to build the Shah-wa-Arus irrigation and hydropower project, which included a rock-filled dam, intake, powerhouse, pickup weir with balancing reservoir and head regulators, and right and left side main canals. The designing of the dam was awarded to Alborz Sazeh Company.
The total cost of Shah wa Arus Dam came to around $53 million, with 77 meters height at the rocky base and about 330,000 cubic meters of concrete. The overall project was completed in December 2024, which had created jobs for around 500 Afghans.
The Shah-wa-Arus Dam project has the following major components:
  • Roads, bridges and other infrastructure
  • Concrete dam with power intake structure
  • Power house
  • Pick up weir with balancing reservoir and head regulators