Newly surfaced road improves access to and from Hazar Sumuch district in Takhar

Taloqan Takhar, 22nd November 2015 - Yesterday, Afghan-German Cooperation handed over the newly asphalted and upgraded Hazar Sumuch road to the provincial government of Takhar. The road between Taloqan city, Taloqan airport and Hazar Sumuch district is now officially open for traffic.
The overall construction cost amounted to about AFN 175 million and was funded by the German government through KfW Development Bank. The project was carried out under the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), an open and flexible programme that aims at improving the socio-economic infrastructure at the provincial level and at improving local government’s ability . . .