# Chak Dam

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{{Short description|Dam in Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan}}
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| country              = [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)
| location             = [Chak](/source/Chak%2C_Wardak), [Chak District](/source/Chak_District), [Maidan Wardak Province](/source/Maidan_Wardak_Province), [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)
| purpose              = [Irrigation](/source/Irrigation) and [electricity](/source/electricity)
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The '''Chak Dam''' ({{langx|ps|چک برېښناکوټ}}), referred to by some as '''Band-e Chak''' (meaning ''Dam of Chak'' in [Dari](/source/Dari)), is located near [Chak](/source/Chak%2C_Wardak), which is the center of [Chak District](/source/Chak_District) in [Maidan Wardak Province](/source/Maidan_Wardak_Province) of [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan). It is a [hydroelectric](/source/hydroelectricity) [gravity dam](/source/gravity_dam) built by [German](/source/Nazi_Germany) engineers in 1938.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tasal |first=Hafizullah |date=1 June 2023 |title=Govt asked to fulfill promises about Chak dam's restoration |url=https://pajhwok.com/2023/06/01/govt-asked-to-fulfill-promises-about-chak-dams-restoration/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |work=[Pajhwok Afghan News](/source/Pajhwok_Afghan_News)}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.shovic.com/henryshovic/AssetsGeography/Documents/Afghanistan/AfghanistanWardakDistrictChakDamSedimentAnalysis031412.pdf |title=RC-East, Eastern Afghanistan, GA-ADT, Wardak Province, Chak E Dam, Sluice Canal Sediment Analysis |last=Shovic |first=Henry F. |date=2012-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131405/http://www.shovic.com/henryshovic/AssetsGeography/Documents/Afghanistan/AfghanistanWardakDistrictChakDamSedimentAnalysis031412.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was mainly designed to regulate the flow of the [Logar River](/source/Logar_River) and provide electricity to [Kabul](/source/Kabul).

==History==
Wardak province used to have a significant energy-generating capacity with the Chak Dam. Its
four turbines could provide electricity to Maidan Wardak and parts of [Kabul](/source/Kabul_Province), [Logar](/source/Logar_Province) and [Ghazni](/source/Ghazni_Province) provinces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Study of Sub-National Administrative Structures in Afghanistan: Wardak Political Context and Security Structures |url=http://www.wardak.de/wardak_09_backup/PDF_Files/WB_Wardak_political.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518223536/http://www.wardak.de/wardak_09_backup/PDF_Files/WB_Wardak_political.pdf |archivedate=2012-05-18 |access-date=2012-02-04}}</ref>

In May 2005 the Chak Dam nearly overflowed as its main and emergency floodgates were rusted shut after six years of dry weather. The [UN Development Programme](/source/UN_Development_Programme), the [Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund](/source/Afghanistan_Emergency_Trust_Fund), and the [Ministry of Energy and Water](/source/Ministry_of_Energy_and_Water) took emergency action to address the threat. The co-operative effort saw a rapid response through immediate financing, planning and implementation of a {{cvt|16|m}} ancillary gate that could hold the water while the rusted gates were lifted and repaired.<ref>{{cite web |author=Amanullah Nasrat |last2=Mohammad Jawad Sharifzad |date=2005-05-04 |title=Afghanistan's Melting Snows Kill 14, Displace Thousands |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2005/2005-05-04-05.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222835/http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2005/2005-05-04-05.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |accessdate=2013-01-24 |publisher=[Environment News Service](/source/Environment_News_Service)}}</ref> The repairs were successful at a reported cost of $18,000 allowing evacuated residents to return to their homes in the valley.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 April 2005 |title=Afghanistan: UNDP assists in flood prevention at Chak-e Wardak Dam |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-undp-assists-flood-prevention-chak-e-wardak-dam |access-date=2013-01-24 |publisher=[ReliefWeb](/source/ReliefWeb)}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan](/source/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Afghanistan)
*[List of power stations in Afghanistan](/source/List_of_power_stations_in_Afghanistan)
*[Tourism in Afghanistan](/source/Tourism_in_Afghanistan)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{YouTube|NNvK6ny94J0|Deyare Ma at the 2nd power dam in Afghanistan/ دیار ما در بند چک ولایت وردک، دومین بند برق افغانستان}}, Ariana Television, June 23, 2023 
*{{YouTube|QQlHy5lb_1Y|On the Road - Chak Wardak District of Maidan Wardak}}, TOLO TV, June 2, 2023
*{{YouTube|I6UQTgIeqdY|Wardak, Band-E-chack}}, July 7, 2022
*{{YouTube|XfJ-fuZ6abk|Band e Chak water Dam Wardak}}, June 10, 2022
*{{YouTube|K7t9RAGiKtM|وردګو اوونۍ: د چک برېښنا کوټ بيا رغول}}, BBC Pashto, October 23, 2017

{{Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan}}

Category:Dams in Afghanistan
Category:River regulation in Afghanistan
Category:Water supply and sanitation in Afghanistan
Category:Dams completed in 1938
Category:1938 establishments in Afghanistan

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