FIROZ KOAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's government has completed 10 small-scale infrastructure development projects in the western Ghor province, Ministry of Rural Development and Rehabilitation said Monday.
The projects involved building protective walls, irrigation canals, water reservoirs, drinking water wells as well as solar power generation systems in villages, it said in a statement.
They were implemented in several villages in the Shahrak district, Ghor province, at a cost of 11.94 million afghani (about 15.6 million U.S. dollars), with 90 percent funded by government and 10 percent by villagers, according to the statement.
The projects benefit 992 households in the villages, the statement said, adding that similar projects are expected to be carried out across the province in further efforts to improve the economic situation and living conditions of the local people. (1 U. S. dollar equals 77.02 afghani) Enditem
