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MRRD Signs 12 Projects Worth 650 Million AFN
Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) signed 12 projects worth 650 million Afghanis on construction of roads and building bridges with the private construction companies in Kabul on Sunday.
Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Nasir Ahmad Durani insisted to act decisively against none transparency within the projects.
“I will have no patients against none transparency in the projects, will decisively act against it, and insisted he would neither accept anything less than the contract requirements and nor will allow it,” Nasir Ahmad Durani, Minister of MRRD said.
Meanwhile a number of the private construction companies’ representatives and owners complained over the lack of cooperation of the residents in the areas where the projects were implemented.
“Projects will solve a lot of people problems, but the residents aren’t cooperating the projects to be implemented, in most cases they do not pave the way for the projects to be implemented and create barriers.” Owner of the private construction company, Abdul Raqib said.
Hassibullah, owner of another company said, “We promise to handover the projects with high quality of work to the residents, and we demand the people to be diligent in maintaining of the projects.”
Officials in MRRD are intending to construct 705 kilo meters roads and build 1691 meter of bridges, and to maintain and repair more than 4000 kilo meters of roads at the entire country in the coming year through National Rural Access Program (NRAP) .
Reported by: Lida Naizi
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday it has signed cooperation agreements with ten institutions to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said: “In the implementation of projects, we must pay special attention to our activities and actions and try to make useful use of the projects according to the requirements and benefit the beneficiaries.”
These ten institutions are to present their projects, the total value of which is around over $1.1 million. The projects will be carried out in Kabul, Baghlan, Ghor, Herat, Logar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Badakhshan and Jawzjan provinces and provide direct jobs for about 1,000.
To date, the ministry has signed MoUs for 72 projects in total, collectively valued at about $53.6 million.
These agreements have been signed with domestic and foreign companies for the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses.
In accordance with the principles and laws of the Islamic Emirate and prioritizing the implementation of projects for immigrants and returnees and internally displaced people, the ministry said 635,865 people will benefit through jobs directly and over 4.3 million will benefit indirectly in 25 provinces once these projects are implemented.
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.
This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.
Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.
The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.
According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.
The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.
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