INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The construction of a water canal, planned by the late Japanese doctor and aid worker Tetsu Nakamura, has been completed in Afghanistan&s
eastern Nangarhar province.Nakamura was from Japan, but had honorary citizenship of Afghanistan
He was killed in 2019.He worked in Nangarhar for many years, focusing mainly on building water canals.Nakamura was working hard to complete
his projects, but these were suspended following his death.Later, the projects were resumed with the help of the government of Japan.During
his time in Nangarhar, Nakamura built several health centers and carried out more than 1,600 irrigation projects, canal constructions and
provision of clean water.His greatest work was the construction of a 25-kilometer long canal from the Kunar river, which irrigates hundreds
of acres of land.He also built a recreation park, dug wells, and established agricultural research farms.&Dr
Nakamura made 9 weirs in Kama, Shewa and Behsud districts
Thousands of acres of land are irrigated and millions of people benefit from it
All the projects planned by Nakamura have been completed,& said Ajmal Stankzai, the representative of the Nakamura Foundation.&Nakamura
would behave with a laborer like a laborer
He would take stones with us
He used to tell us that the people of every country serve their country and you should also serve the ruined Afghanistan,& said Deen
Mohammad, a resident of Koz Kanar district of Nangarhar.In Kama district, the work of Nakamura projects is ongoing
One of the projects is the construction of a secon canal from the Kunar river.&There was a huge water problem in Kama district
Fortunately, with Nakamura&s cooperation, many lands were irrigated,& said Bashir Ahmad Kamawal, a resident of Kama district of
Nangarhar.After Nakamura&s death, now an NGO called PMS is following in his footsteps and is working to build canals and dams.Recently, the
construction of a canal in Kot district of Nangarhar was completed and inaugurated
The canal is 5 kilometers long.&Many projects are planned and our ministry has taken care of them… We thank them for feeling the pain of
Afghans and helping our country,& said Abdul Latif Mansour, Acting Minister of Energy and Water.Tetsu Nakamura was shot and killed by
unknown men in 2019 when he was going to work from Jalalabad city
It is not yet known who was behind the assassination. The post Nakamura canal project completed in Nangarhar first appeared on Ariana News.
