Energy Expansion in Yazd Counties

Four water and electricity projects were launched in Yazd Province on Saturday including one electricity project in Abarkouh County and three water projects in Khatam, Meybod and Ardakan counties, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.
The project in Abarkouh is a 230kV power transmission line 89-kilometer-long to supply electricity to Esmalun mines. Khansar Dam in Herat city, Khatam County, has a capacity to hold 23.4 million cubic meters of water. 
It is the first dam in the central province and built on the Herat River. Construction of the dam started 11 years ago.