Current State of Development in the Province

Current State of Development in the Province

A. Infrastructure and Natural Resources
The provision of basic infrastructure such as water and sanitation, energy, transport and
communications is one of the key elements necessary to provide the building blocks for private sector
expansion, equitable economic growth, increased employment and accelerated agricultural productivity.
In Kandahar province, on average only 64% of households use safe drinking water. This rises to 99% in
the urban area, and falls to 50% in rural areas. More than four fifths (87%) of households have direct
access to their main source of drinking water within their community, however one in ten households
has to travel for up to an hour to access drinking water (10%) .


On average only 22% of households have access to safe toilet facilities. The situation is better in the
urban area where 57% of households have safe toilets, but this is true for only 7% of rural households.


On average 27% of households in Kandahar province have access to electricity with the majority of
these relying on public electricity. Access to electricity is much greater in the urban area where 85% of
households have access to electricity, however this figure falls to just 2% in rural areas, and only half of
these (1%) have access to public electricity.
The transport infrastructure in Kandahar is well developed, with 76.8% of roads in the province able to
take car traffic in all seasons, and 19.1% able to take car traffic in some seasons. However, in a very
small area of the province (3.3%) there are no roads at all.