Dahla Dam

Why in news?

• The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's dahla dam after months of fierce fighting.

About the Dam:

• The Dahla Dam, also known as Arghandab Dam,  is located in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.
• The Dahla Dam is built on the Arghandab River which flows over a length of 250 miles (400 km).
• Constructed in 1952, it is said to be the second largest dam in Afghanistan and was built by United States to improve irrigation in Afghanistan.
• Afghan government is spending $450 million dollars on making the dam more useful by raising the dam's walls by 12 meters so its reservoir can hold nearly a billion cubic meters of fresh water and installing three turbines for the production of 22 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

Prelims Question:

Dahla Dam, recently in news is located in:
(a)China
(b)Afghanistan
(c)Bhutan
(d)Pakistan

Answer to Prelims question