National Procurement Commission approves 18 key projects

The National Procurement Commission approved 18 projects worth about 4 billion afghanis on Monday, the IEA confirmed.

Under the chairmanship of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister of economy, the regular meeting of the National Procurement Commission was held in Marmaren Palace.

Twenty eight projects were presented at the meeting of which 18 were approved. Committees were appointed to examine five proposed projects and resubmit at the next meeting.

The approved projects are related to the Ministries of National Defense, Interior, Finance, Public Works, Communications and Information Technology, Afghanistan Electricity Company (Breshna) and Kabul Municipality, the total value of which is about four billion Afghanis.

Among the approved projects are the completion of Chak Wardag Dam, the completion of the 220 KV power line extension from Arghandi to Ghazni, the preparation of insulators for the 220 KV line of Noor ul Jihad in Herat and Torghundi.

Also the reconstruction of the road from Shahr-Safa district to Manja in Zabul, the completion of the second lane of the Kabul-Logar road, the provision of high-quality and fast internet services to the people and a number of other projects.

The implementation of these projects will create thousands of job opportunities, the IEA said.