{"id":12084,"date":"2026-05-03T18:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/logar-first-electricity-meter-testing-lab\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:31:20","slug":"logar-first-electricity-meter-testing-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/03\/logar-first-electricity-meter-testing-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan\u2019s Logar Province Opens First Modern Electricity Meter Testing Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Logar Provincial Electricity Department has announced the inauguration of the first modern electricity meter testing laboratory in the region. Established with a budget of 50,000 US dollars, the lab aims to improve services and provide greater convenience for local residents.<\/p>\n<p>Mir Ahmad Wali Hashemi, head of Logar\u2019s electricity department, stated that with the activation of this laboratory, technical testing of single-phase, simple three-phase, and three-phase current meters experiencing technical issues will now be conducted within the department itself.<\/p>\n<p>He added that this initiative is part of a broader program to develop services and increase electricity customer satisfaction across the province. It is also expected to expedite the handling of technical complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, residents of Logar had to travel to electricity departments in Paktia and Kabul provinces for technical inspections of their meters, a process that was both costly and time-consuming. The new laboratory is expected to address these challenges locally within Logar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logar province launches its first modern electricity meter testing lab, enhancing local services and speeding up technical inspections for residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}