Dahla Dam

Dahla Dam
Location	Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates	31.855544, 65.892413
Opening date	1952
Dam and spillways
Height	55 metres
Length	535 metres
Impounds	Arghandab River

The Dahla Dam is the largest dam in Kandahar Province, and the second largest in Afghanistan.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} The dam is 34 kilometers north of Kandahar City.

The dam was first built between 1950 to 1952 during the reign of Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan.^[1][7]

The contractor for the project was Morrison-Knudsen Afghanistan Incorporated.^[8]

The dam is being rehabilitated with Canadian Forces assistance. When the project is finished it is anticipated that it will double the amount of irrigated land in the Arghandab River basin.^[3]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Provincial profile for Kandahar Province" (PDF). Regional Rural Economic Regeneration Strategies. http://www.aisa.org.af/Downloads/ProvincialProfiles/Kandahar.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Stephen Chase (2008-07-17). "Dahla dam project is potential target: military". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080717.wafghan-dam18/BNStory/Afghanistan. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Doug Schmidt (2008-06-11). "Cdn. military to safeguard Afghan dam project". Canwest News Service. http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=ba33ef21-b19c-4d60-8d45-6a69d0728843. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
4. ^ "Signature Project: Dahla Dam and Irrigation System". Government of Canada. http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/canada-afghanistan/projects-projets/dam-barrage.aspx. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
5. ^ "Dahla Dam -- Summer 2008 (video podcast)". Government of Canada. http://webcast.international.gc.ca/cpc/PCRA/podcasts/dahla/Dahla_Final_EN.mov. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
6. ^ "Dahla Dam -- Summer 2008". Government of Canada. http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/canada-afghanistan/multimedia/trans_2008_09_09b.aspx. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
7. ^ "Canada will spend $120 million to build Afghanistan’s Dahla dam". Daily Commercial News. 2008-06-17. http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/article/id28266. Retrieved 2008-10-17. 
8. ^ https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=c7152e5eb3ecc00e169e31c723038a9b