{"id":19321,"date":"2026-03-15T10:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19321"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:24:43","slug":"iea-leader-orders-to-begin-survey-to-raise-dehla-dam-height-in-kandahar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/15\/iea-leader-orders-to-begin-survey-to-raise-dehla-dam-height-in-kandahar\/","title":{"rendered":"IEA Leader orders to begin survey to raise Dehla Dam height in Kandahar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Based on the directive of the Islamic Emirate Leader, work has begun on surveying the Dehla Dam in Kandahar province, aiming to raise its height to 13 meters, according to a statement from the Ministry of Water and Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey follows the visit of Mullah Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, minister of water and energy of Afghanistan, to Kandahar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey will inform technical studies and design work to increase the dam\u2019s capacity, said the statement, adding that the Dehla Dam supplies water for agriculture in Kandahar city and seven surrounding districts. Sediment accumulation has reduced its capacity over time, and raising the dam is expected to improve water availability and boost crop yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry added that Minister Akhundzada has recently visited several other dams in Paktika and Ghazni provinces as part of ongoing water infrastructure assessments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Based on the directive of the Islamic Emirate Leader, work has begun on surveying the Dehla Dam in Kandahar province, aiming to raise its height to 13 meters, according to a statement from the Ministry of Water and Energy. The survey follows the visit of Mullah Mohammad Younus Akhundzada, minister of water and energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19323,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321\/revisions\/19323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}