VOL. XLVI

No 42

20-October-2003

IRAN

Karkheh Hydro Plant Inaugurated By President Khatami

Irans President Mohammad Khatami on 7 October inaugurated a 400mw capacity hydroelectric power plant at the Karkheh dam 20km northwest of Andimeshk in Khuzestan province. The IRNA news agency quoted Ali Akbar Zahmatkesh, Chairman of Irans Water Resources and Energy Development Company, as saying at the ceremony that the first of the Karkheh plants three generating units was brought on-line in late summer...