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Mazar-i-Sharif Municipality said construction had begun on the Dasht-e-Shor drainage canal in the city’s eighth district. Municipal spokesperson Mustafa Mohammadi told Bakhtar that the project is valued at 35 million Afghanis and funded by the municipality.

The canal is planned to be 1,100 metres long, four metres wide and two metres high, with completion scheduled within six months. The municipality said it aims to manage surface water and reduce accumulation during rainfall. The announcement gave no measured results for flood risk or affected households.