Local sources in Kandahar and Helmand say that electricity from the Kajaki Dam has been completely cut off in both provinces, and residents currently have only limited access to diesel-generated electricity.
Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Sunday, October 4, that following the cutoff of electricity from the Kajaki Dam in Kandahar, residents have access only to diesel-generated and solar electricity, both of which are expensive and available only to a limited extent.
Another source in Helmand also says that the cutoff of electricity from the Kajaki Dam has caused numerous problems for residents.
Shamsullah, a resident of Lashkargah city, says, “By cutting off electricity from the Kajaki Dam, the Taliban are trying to pave the way for higher electricity bills in the future and create the impression among people that, instead of electricity from the dam, they are providing them with diesel-generated electricity.”
He criticized the Taliban’s move and called for electricity from the Kajaki Dam to be restored.
Meanwhile, Taliban officials in the two provinces have said that they cut off electricity from the dam because water levels at the Kajaki Dam had decreased.
According to sources, electricity is currently supplied to residents in Kandahar and Helmand on a rotational basis for only three hours a day.
