INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Afghanistan Railway Authority announced Saturday that the volume of commercial goods transported by rail has increased 25 percent in the
first quarter of this year.Presenting the annual accountability report, Bakhtur Rahman Sharafat, head of Afghanistan Railway Authority, said
that in the past one year, 4.5 million metric tons of goods have been transported through the country&s railways, and ARA has earned 3.1
billion afghanis in revenue.According to him, the construction work of the first phase of the fourth section of the Herat-Khaf railway line
with a length of 43 kilometers will start soon and will be completed in the next 16 months.He emphasized that the trans-Afghan railway
project, which connects Central Asia to South Asia is being worked on quickly with the coordination of countries.Following the recent
meeting of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, a joint office was opened for the one-year plan, whose responsibility is to complete the
survey, prepare for the start of practical work, and find financial resources to fund this project,& Sharafat said.Officials said that there
are plans to start the construction of Spin Boldak-Chaman railway and Sheberghan-Andkhoy railway this year.We are starting these projects
and most of the preparations for it have been taken
The land acquisition process is almost complete, and in the current year, we will regularize the monitoring and maintenance of the railway
line in the country,& Abdulbari Sediqi, the financial and administrative deputy of Afghanistan Railway Authority, said.ARA officials said
that the country&s railway problems will not be fully resolved until Afghanistan buys wagons, and ARA seeks to buy wagons which will speed
up the transportation process.The post Transporting goods by rail up 25 percent: officials first appeared on Ariana News.
