Residents of Bamiyan criticized the continuous shortage of electricity and its high price in the province and asked the authorities to resume the construction of the 220-kilowatt electricity transmission line between Bamiyan and Baghlan.

The construction of the first section of the Bamiyan - Baghlan power transmission line of 220 kilowatts started at the end of 2018 at the cost of 10 million US dollars with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank in the center of Bamiyan, and its work was stopped after the fall of the previous government.

“We buy one kilowatt of electricity for 16 Afghanis, our consumption is about 30 to 40 kilowatts of electricity, which is around 600 to 700 Afghanis,” said Mohammad Ali, a Bamiyan resident.

“If the same electricity of Doshi that was going on in the past restarts, it will help the people," said Sefatullah, a Bamiyan resident.

The head of Breshna Sherkat in Bamiyan said that the construction of the 220-kW power transmission line of Bamiyan-Baghlan, which was completed 65% before the return of the Islamic Emirate, will begin next solar year.

“Bamiyan - Doshi power plant, which is 65% completed, has been placed in the five-year work plan, and is supposed to start its work in 1403,” said Ziauddin Jahadyar.

“The electrical equipment of the project was produced in China and was ready to be transferred, however, due to the non responsiveness of Breshna Sherkat and non-payment of the contract money, we couldn’t transfer the equipment to Afghanistan,” said Rahimullah Rahim, technical head of a contractor company.

According to the head of Bamiyan Breshna Sherkat, more than 4,000 families in the center of Bamiyan use solar and diesel electricity, and they pay 15 to 25 Afghanis per kilowatt of electricity.