ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Construction work has been initiated on a cable bridge costing nearly 49 million afghanis in Nari district of eastern Kunar province.
Haji Masoud, a representative of the provincial Department of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, said the 140-metre-long and 3.2-metre-wide bridge was being built over the Kunar River in the Chona Gali area of Nari district. It would also have a 170-metre access road.
Funded from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) development budget, the project would take nine months to complete, he added.
Meanwhile, Mawlawi Mohammad Amin Haqparast, head of the Kunar governor’s office, said considerable attention had been paid to bridge construction projects.
He added that work on two more bridges would also begin in Nari district and Asadabad, the provincial capital.
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