India and Afghanistan have signed an agreement to build the Shahtoot Dam in Kabul to provide drinking water facility in the Afghan capital.

Try this question from prelims 2020:

Consider the following pairs

Sr.	River		Flows into
1.	Mekong	—	Andaman Sea
2.	Thames	—	Irish Sea
3.	Volga	—	Caspian Sea
4.	Zambezi	—	Indian Ocean

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 3 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2 and 4 only

Shahtoot Dam

• It is a proposed dam in the Kabul river basin, one of the five river basins in Afghanistan.
• This project will provide drinking, irrigation and Environmental water for Kabul province.
• The dam will provide potable water to more than 2 million residents of Kabul, in addition to the irrigation of 4000 hectares of land in the district of Charasiab and Khairabad.
• The dam will also provide water for irrigation to nearby areas, rehabilitate the existing irrigation and drainage network and help in flood protection and management efforts.
• The project is expected to produce electricity for the region.

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