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The road from Doshi to the foot of the pass has been 45 per cent. completed.
The construction of the bridges and drains which number a total of 157 has been 72 per cent. completed. Other buildings have been completed as follows :
Housing for the engineers, 100 per cent.
The 2 storeyed hotel, 25 per cent.
The general workshop, 25 per cent.
The transport building, 25 per cent.
The ironmongers' workshop, 80 per cent.
The electricity station, 80 per cent.
The bathhouse, 95 per cent.
The explosives storage building, 100 per cent.
The general depot building, 60 per cent.
The petrol tank building, 25 per cent.
The Minister of Public Works explaining some of the construction work on the Salang Highway to His Majesty the King (left)
The laboratory building, 100 per cent.
Work on the Second and Third Phases will start as soon as the necessary equipment and materials have arrived.
Apart from the obvious economical advantages to be derived from the construction of this road, it is felt that it will also have beneficial social repercussions in that travel from the south to the north of the country will be made easier and more agreeable.
The expenditure incurred so far for the construction of the Salang Road is as follows :
19,791,406 Afghanis, which represents the total expenditure incurred by the Government of Afghanistan and 12,237,367 U.S. dollars which represents the contribution of the Government of the U.S.S.R. through a loan agreement.
Shpoonbaba Bridge
The erection of the Shpoonbaba Bridge on the Kabul River at Tang-i-Gharoo was begun in the early summer of last year and finished in the winter. 19 metres in length and 9 metres wide, it is made entirely from concrete and steel.
The Ministry's Supervisory Department has the responsibility and technical facilities for supervising the entire highway system in Afghanistan, and for undertaking the immediate repair of any damage done to bridges, drains, etc., on these roads. It is the duty of this Department moreover to supervise the asphalting work on highways included in the Plan, machine and technical projects, and transit affairs. Furthermore it has undertaken the supervision of the import of various types of machinery for road construction, surveys, laboratory equipment and spares of all kinds. The Department's function with regard to the transit project is to supervise the construction and asphalting of the Spin Boldak highway, the agreement regarding which was
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