In the past year, 85 highway maintenance projects have been completed/more than 15,000 people have been provided with work

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: In continuation of the accountability programs of the government to the nation, today, Wednesday, Aug 12, Maulavi Abdul Karim Fateh, the technical deputy of the Ministry of Public Works, said in a press conference about the one-year achievements of the ministry: last year, the contract for the reconstruction of about 1,000 Kilometers of the road have been signed, which is currently being repaired.

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He informed about the preliminary survey of 604.1 km of roads, mapping of 321.65 km of roads and observational survey of 997.4 km of roads. He added: during the last year, a total of 279.48 km of roads were completed, 160 meters of bridges were designed for restoration, and 244. Another 8 km road has been designed.

 

Referring to the creation of job opportunities through the implementation of development and infrastructure projects by the ministry, the technical appointee of the Ministry of Public Works said that more than 15,000 people have been directly provided with work.

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He informed about the basic reconstruction of the 80 km long Salang highway, the 108 km long Kandahar-Uruzgan highway, the 50 km long Trinkot-Dehrawood road, and the 80 km long famous-Argistan road from the national budget and added that these projects are also It is now under construction.

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Mr. Fateh announced the reconstruction of the second lane of the Herat-Chesht Sharif road with a length of 30 km and the construction of the second, fourth and fifth lanes of the Qaisar-Laman ring road with a length of 151 km as among the work priorities of this ministry.

 

He also said: In order to protect and take care of the projects, during the last one year, out of a total of 109 projects, the protection and care work of 85 projects has been completed and 24 other projects are being worked on.

 

This official of the Ministry of Public Works announced the signing of the contract for the first phase of the fourth section of Khaf - Herat and the project of basic renovations of the railway and non-rail sections of Haritaan - Mazar-e-Sharif and added; In the meantime, the beginning of the second phase of the fourth section of Khaf - Herat is a priority.

 

Stating that the Ministry of Public Works has the duty to build and protect the highways, he said: Due to the long wars in the country, the infrastructures have been destroyed, so it takes a lot of time and work to rebuild the country.

 

Mr. Fateh informed about the completion of the restoration of Kabul-Kandahar road before winter and added: It takes a little time to build large and long highways due to the presence of bridges and culverts.

 

Meanwhile, Mohammad Ashraf Haqshinash, the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Works announced the construction and completion of the 15-kilometer Farkhar-Varsaj road and the construction of a 300-meter-long bridge in Sarshili area of ​​Nimroz province. Currently, the construction of the Gardiz-Zermatt road with a length of 10 km and the second lane of the Kabul-Logar highway with a length of 24.15 km is underway.

 

Referring to the increase in transfers from the four ports compared to 1401, officials of this ministry said: In 1402, about 4.1 million metric tons of transfers were made from the ports using the railways of Hiratan, Aqeena, Torghandi and Khaf-Herat.

 

They also informed about the seven foreign trips of the Ministry of Railways for railway cooperation to the countries of Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

 

It should be noted that the Ministry of Public Works has announced some future plans of this ministry and said: construction of the second lane of the Kabul-Jalalabad road (a product of Tolplaza), construction and construction of the second lot of the Herat-Chesht Sharif highway, 30 kilometers long, in front of the transfer of mines which is now in the technical and procurement stages. According to them, the construction of the third, fourth and fifth sections of the Qaisar-Laman road, 151 kilometers long, in front of the mine handover, is currently in the technical and logistical stages, and another number will be implemented in the coming year.