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GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Work started Sunday on the final 54 kilometres of a 93-kilometre long road connecting Ghazni with Paktia provinces.
The 54-kilometre stage will link Deh Yak district in Ghazni to Zormat district in Pakitia province, Ghazni governor, Musa Khan Akbarzadah, told reporters during a ceremony held to mark the event. Work on the other 39 kilometres through Paktia had already started, he said.
Both parts of the highway, costing $95 million, were financed by the US government and would be finished within one year, he said.
The road is 13 metres in width with a 1.5 metre footpath at each side.
He said they would construct schools, health centres, mosques and micro power plants on both sides of the road, using about $200,000 from the fund.
With the construction of the road, the two provinces would be linked and people would be able to travel between the two provinces, he added.
Security for the road work was being handled by a private firm which had set up checkpoints two kilometres apart, a resident of Deh Yak district said.
President Hamid Karzai had ordered all private security firms to close by January 1.
Abdul Hamid who works on the road, said the price of travelling between the two provinces would be halved from 300 afghanis to 150 and the journey time shortened from four hours to one and half.
Rasuli Allpha Wardak is the construction company carrying out the work. Its director, Engineer Zia, said that $3 million would be spent building the 54 kilometres of road and he called on locals to help maintain security there.
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The 54-kilometre stage will link Deh Yak district in Ghazni to Zormat district in Pakitia province, Ghazni governor, Musa Khan Akbarzadah, told reporters during a ceremony held to mark the event. Work on the other 39 kilometres through Paktia had already started, he said.
Both parts of the highway, costing $95 million, were financed by the US government and would be finished within one year, he said.
The road is 13 metres in width with a 1.5 metre footpath at each side.
He said they would construct schools, health centres, mosques and micro power plants on both sides of the road, using about $200,000 from the fund.
With the construction of the road, the two provinces would be linked and people would be able to travel between the two provinces, he added.
Security for the road work was being handled by a private firm which had set up checkpoints two kilometres apart, a resident of Deh Yak district said.
President Hamid Karzai had ordered all private security firms to close by January 1.
Abdul Hamid who works on the road, said the price of travelling between the two provinces would be halved from 300 afghanis to 150 and the journey time shortened from four hours to one and half.
Rasuli Allpha Wardak is the construction company carrying out the work. Its director, Engineer Zia, said that $3 million would be spent building the 54 kilometres of road and he called on locals to help maintain security there.
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