PESHAWAR: The
Survey of
Jalalabad-Peshawar railway track would
soon be launched, the Afghan Ministry of Public Works said on Wednesday.
According to a press release, Advisor to Afghan Ministry of Public Works Masood Amin and the officials of company conducting the survey, Syed Mukhtar and Wahidullah Oryakhel, held a meeting with Nangarhar Gover**r Salim Khan Kunduzi to review the progress on the project.
Masood Amin briefed the Afghan gover**r about the project. “The
Survey will be conducted for the installation of
railway track from Jalalabad city to Peshawar,” he said, adding that installation of the
railway track would
start after the
Survey was carried out.
Speaking on the occasion, the Nangarhar gover**r directed the relevant authorities to cooperate with the company undertaking the survey.The private firm has been engaged to conduct the survey. The head of the company in Afghanistan, Wahidullah Oryakhel said the
railway track would be 150 kilometers long.
He said that 75 kilometers of the
track would be installed in Nangarhar. He added that Rs60 million had been allocated for the
Survey to be conducted in eight months.It may be mentioned that Pakistan is providing financial assistance for the project that will link Peshawar with Nangarhar.
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