Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Kabul (BNA) Minister of public works has signed construction project of second part of Gardan Diwar road and two more projects with the contracting companies, here in Kabul on Tuesday.
At a ceremony attended by Second Vice-President, Sarwar Danesh, two more road construction projects contracts had been signed by the minister, a statement from the second vice-president said.
The projects signed by the minister included two more roads of Niman High School in Charikar and Aibak city of Samangan province, according to the statement.
At the ceremony attended by some house of people members, the vice-president said that the government of national unity was committed to kick off major projects to refurbish the country’s economy and trade and improve the people life condition, said the statement.
He said the people of Afghanistan wanted to see balanced development, free of any kind of injustice and discrimination in implementation of the development projects, the statement quoted.
He reported about the projects of Dushi-Bamyan 220 kilovolt power energy to the central provinces and the 500 kilovolt energy through Salang pass, which had been signed with the Asian Development Bank at the presidential palace (Arg), according to the statement.
Construction of Gardan Diwar road as transport corridor would connect eastern Afghanistan to west and would not be only important for the central regions, but would be vital for economic development to the whole country, the statement added.
Minister of public works, Eng. Mahmoud Baligh told in the ceremony that the three projects costing some five billion and 355 million and 877,000 Afghanis would provide employment for up to 11,000 people in the country, the statement added, going on as saying the work on the projects would soon be kicked off and expected to get operational duly.
First part of the Gardan Diwar project had been completed by 65 percent, with the remaining second part would be soon started in Herat province.
