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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for 5-nation tour,will inaugurate Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Herat today Saturday June 04,2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets off on a 5-nation visit to Afghanistan, Qatar, Switzerland, the US and Mexico

The prime minister will first travel to Afghanistan on Saturday June 04,2016

From Afghanistan, PM Modi will travel to energy-rich Qatar tomorrow itself and from there he will leave for a two day visit to Switzerland on Sunday June 05,2016

From Switzerland, the prime minister travels to Washington on June 6 where he will have a packed schedule including an address to a joint session of the US Congress. He will be the fifth Indian prime minister to do so.

On June 7, the Prime Minister will hold wide-ranging talks with President Obama on the entire gamut of bilateral ties

On June 8, PM Modi will address the a joint meeting of the US Congress



Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Schedule for Saturday June 04,2016

Will reach Herat around noon (1pm IST)
Inauguration of India-Afghanistan Friendship Dam- Salma Dam
This will be followed by lunch hosted by President Ashraf Ghani
Brief visit to Indian Consulate at Herat and interaction with Consulate staff and ITBP personnel.
Leaves for Doha in the evening

Reaches Doha at 5 pm (7.30 IST)
Visit to Workers Camp around 7:20 pm (9.20pm IST)
Dinner hosted by Qatar Prime Minister around 8:15 pm (10:45pm IST)

PM Modi is traveling to Afghanistan for the second time in six months. The 'Afghan-India Friendship Dam' is also called 'Salma Dam'.




The dam, in western Herat district, is close to the Iran border.

The Rs. 1,700 crore Salma Dam, also called the Afghan-India Friendship Dam,undertaken by Indian Government on river Chist-e-Sharif in the province concerned, is expected to irrigate 75,000 hectares of land and generate 42 megawatt of power, besides ensuring water supply and other benefits to local people.


The gross capacity of the Dam is 633 Million M3. The height of the Dam is 104.3 Mt, length 540 Mt and width at the bottom is 450 Mt

Funded by Indian Government, the successful completion of the project represents culmination of years of hard work by 1,500 Indian and Afghan engineers and other professionals in "very difficult" conditions

The project is executed and implemented by WAPCOS Ltd, a public sector enterprise under the Water Resources Ministry

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