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Work gets underway on Hairatan-Mazar section of Balkh to Uzbekistan railway line
Reconstruction of a section of the Mazar-e-Sharif-Uzbekistan railway line has started at a cost of $6.3 million, Balkh provincial officials said.
Local officials said the 75-km long line will start at Balkh airport and stretch to Uzbekistan.
The reconstruction of this railway line has been contracted to an Uzbek company and is expected to be operational in three months, officials said.
This railway line, which carries freight, links Hairatan land port to Mazar.
“The cost of this contract is approximately six million and 300 thousand US dollars,” said Mohammad Shafiq Mahmood, the head of Balkh railway.
Local authorities have said the reactivation of this line is important for economic growth and the expansion of trade ties.
“We thank our friendly neighbor Uzbekistan for coming here and starting this project,” said Noorul Hadi Abu Idris, the deputy governor of Balkh.
Mazar-e-Sharif-Uzbekistan railway transports commercial goods from the city of Termez in Uzbekistan first to the commercial town of Hairatan and then to the Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Airport.