The spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works, Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, has said that during the solar year 1405, the ministry has contracted and launched 49 road maintenance and rehabilitation projects across various provinces of the country, worth AFN 846,485,934, in partnership with private construction companies.
According to Haqshenas, these projects include road repairs, rehabilitation, gravel surfacing, widening, pavement repairs, installation of guardrails, and reconstruction of retaining walls, bridges, and culverts.
He added that the Ministry of Public Works currently has 83 maintenance and rehabilitation projects underway, including projects carried over from last year and newly contracted projects for the current year. Furthermore, during the solar year 1405, the ministry has completed 37 projects worth AFN 1,271,743,819.