Officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) & Afghanistan'spower utility company said Tuesday government institutions owe them a whopping 1.5 billion afghanis.Addressing a press conference to report on last solar year'sachievements, officials said they received over 37 billion afghanis in payments last year.In addition, last year, DABS implemented more than 100 projects in the electricity production sector worth 3 billion afghanis.They also said they have a five-year plan to move away from dependence on imported electricity.DABS officials said that from the 37 billion afghanis in revenues last year, part of this was paid to neighboring countries for electricity.These officials also said there have been improvements in the CASA- 1000 project.The company is still trying to provide the required electricity from domestic sources, officials said.These officials add that the work of some half-finished projects has started and the power generation capacity has also increased in the country.The reconstruction of the substation in Chamtal district of Balkh province at a cost of 68 million afghanis, the start of the 500 KV power line from Shabarghan & Dasht Alwan, the start of the 220 KV power line from Arghandi Kabul to Ghazni and the design of Noor ul Jihad substation are some of their other achievements.The post Government institutions owe 1.5 billion afghanis to DABS first appeared on Ariana News.