BAND-E SULTAN
Looking for the recharge of our aquifer we made a trip upstream the mighty Ghazni river. I knew about last year's dam burst (see below), so I was curious what happened in the meantime...
Dam Burst: Band-e-Sultan Following Heavy Rains and Melting of Snow on March 28, 2005
Band-e-Sultan Dam after it Burst due to Higher Level of Water
Following Heavy Winter Snowfall
Southern Ghazni: Band-e-Sultan's Burst Dam Caused Massive Flooding in the Region
Visit on May 23, 2006: Reconstruction of the dam almost completed
Low water exposes the 1,000 year old dam inside the retention basin
Looks like my friends have been here before having fun...
Taliban signature still visible in the marble stone
Walking on the old dam (which after construction of the new dam normally is submerged)
The old dam opening with some kind of flow control
Last works on the NEW dam?
