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MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS
THE main effort of the Ministry of Public Works has been directed towards the continual improvement of the country's highways. This was not the Ministry's only sphere of activity, but the need for completing the work already begun on highways in the east and north was the most pressing, and therefore attracted the most attention.
The third year of the Plan in the Ministry of Public Works saw:
(i) The continuation of projects included in the first and second years of the plan,
(ii) the putting into effect of projects
Countryfolk co-operating with the Government's Labour Corps in building the new Kabul—Torkham highway
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The Ministry's representatives have participated in the following conferences and international meetings during the year :—
1. E.C.A.F.E.'s Natural Resources Conference at Calcutta.
2. Natural Resources Committee meeting at Bangkok.
3. Annual E.C.A.F.E. meeting at Broad Beach, Australia.
TRANSPORT AFFAIRS
In 1958 the Ministry had established a department of transport for the transport of coal and other mining products. 104 lorries secured through I.C.A. are now in use by this department. A workshop had also been established for the necessary repairs to the department's vehicles.
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