INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Repair work on two power pylons that were bombed two days ago in Salang area of Parwan province would take up to 20 days, national
electricity supply company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), said on Saturday.The destruction of power pylons carrying imported
electricity from Uzbekistan cut transmission to Kabul and 10 other provinces.Safiullah Ahmadzai, the operational head of DABS, told national
broadcaster RTA in Parwan, that the fundamental repair work of the two pylons would take 14 to 20 days.He said that they would try to
reconnect one circuit of the power lines by the end of Saturday.Meanwhile, Hekmatullah Maiwandi, a spokesman for DABs, said on Sunday that
the company&s technicians temporarily connected 150 megawatts of imported electricity to Kabul.Afghanistan generates only 25 percent of its
electricity domestically and the lines bringing power in from Uzbekistan have been attacked regularly.The post Repairs to damaged power
pylons to take 20 days: DABS first appeared on Ariana News.
