Akbari: 4600 kilometers of rural roads were built despite the war conditions

The head of the road organization said: 4,600 kilometers of rural roads have been built since last year, despite the war conditions prevailing in the country.

According to Ambassador Arjan Reza Akbari, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development, stating that 4,600 kilometers of rural roads have been built since last year despite the war conditions prevailing in the country, he said: With the implementation of these projects, the villagers' access to asphalted and safe roads has been improved.

According to the announcement of the Road Administration, he pointed to the special attention paid to the construction and maintenance of rural roads in the past years, especially in the 14th government, and added: In the first half of this year, despite the conditions affected by the war, 1,500 kilometers of new rural roads have been built in the country.

Akbari stated: Last year, in the war situation prevailing in the country, 3,100 kilometers of rural roads were built in different parts of the country, which provided safer and easier traffic for the villagers.

Referring to the ongoing rural road projects in the country, he continued: Currently, the construction of about 9,000 kilometers of rural roads is underway, and with the use of these projects, the average number of villages with more than 20 households will reach more than 90%.

The head of the road organization stated: With the completion of the implementation of the rural road construction projects underway in the country, the index of the population living in rural areas will increase to about 98%.

Akbari reminded: Credit resources required for the implementation of rural road projects are provided and allocated from the capacity of provincial budgets, donors' participation, national resources, social responsibilities and bitumen quota provided in the budget law.

Emphasizing on prioritizing the implementation of rural road construction projects, he said: villages that have a larger resident population, have stable employment and have a greater share in agricultural production, are prioritized for rural road construction programs.

Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development said: In the implementation of rural road construction projects, eight provinces with areas that do not benefit from this index, including Kerman, Sistan and Baluchistan, Hormozgan, Kurdistan, Razavi Khorasan, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, are given priority.

In the end, Akbari pointed out: the benefit of all the villages with more than 20 households from proper access requires the construction of 22,000 km of roads, of which 9,000 km are under construction. In this regard, it is targeted to complete the construction of about 3 thousand kilometers of rural roads by the end of this year.