Rehabilitation of road Dushanbe-Uzbek border to officially commence on July 11 this year, says MoT source
12:27, july 3, 2006Author: Nazarali Pirnazarov
DUSHANBE
, July 3, Asia-Plus - The implementation of the project aimed at rehabilitation of the highway Dushanbe-Khujand-Chanak (Uzbek border) will officially commence on July 11, according to information from the Ministry of Transport (MoT).
According to the source, President Emomali Rahmonov and top manager of
China
’s
State Road
-building Corporation “
China Road
” Chen Yushen as well as high-ranking Tajik and Chinese state officials will attend a ceremony of the official launch of the project.
As it had been reported earlier,
China
allots more than 603.9 million U.S. dollars in long-term loans to
Tajikistan
for implementing three projects in
Tajikistan
: two in the field of energy (construction of high-voltage electricity lines) and one in the field of transportation. Agreements on these projects were signed in
Shanghai
on June 14 on the results of meeting of President Rahmonov with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao. Rahmonov met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of his visit to
China
[on June 14-15] to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Tajik Ministry of Transport and
China
’s Corporation “
China Road
” signed an agreement on rehabilitation of the road linking
Tajikistan
and
Uzbekistan
(Dushanbe-Khujand-Chanak). The estimated budget for the implementation of this project is nearly US$296 million. Of this amount, US$281.2 million are provided by
China
in loans. This project designed for two years includes full rehabilitation of some sections of the road and bridges as well the construction of the Shahriston tunnel in the Sughd province.
More than 50 Chinese specialists have arrived in
Tajikistan
to study the highway, according to MoT source. Besides,
China
has already delivered to
Tajikistan
25 special construction machines for implementing the project.
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