Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament (Majlisi Oli) has ratified an agreement on providing a grant aid for the project aimed at rehabilitation the Qizilqala-Bokhtar section of the highway connecting Dushanbe and Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province.
A regular sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, presided over by its head, Shukurjon Zuhurov, took place on December 18.
Presenting the agreement to lawmakers, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Rustam Valizoda, noted that Japan is providing a grant for implementation of that project.
According to him a total length of this section of the Dushanbe-Bokhtar highway is about 9.2 kilometers and the project is designed for twenty-two months.
Recall, a grant agreement for 3.409 billion yen (equivalent to about 31 million USD) was signed on September 3 in Dushanbe between the Government of Tajikistan, represented by Mr. Faiziddin Qahhorzoda, Minister of Finance, and the Government of Japan represented by Mr. Hideki Tanabe, the Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Tajikistan.
The grant aid is provided for the Project for the Rehabilitation of the Qizilqala–Bokhtar Section of the Dushanbe-Bokhtar Highway.
The Government of Japan has reportedly allocated 3,232,000,000 Japanese Yen, in addition to 117, 000,000 Japanese Yen for detailed design, through JICA to support the implementation of the project
Under this project, the transportation and traffic safety in part of the Dushanbe-Bokhtar highway will be improved through the rehabilitation of the Qizilqala-Bokhtar section of the highway, thereby contributing to the economic development of Tajikistan.
One of the development priorities of Tajikistan is the improvement of road infrastructure that is crucial for the country to overcome communication deadlock and turn itself into a transit hub. To support the efforts of the Government of Tajikistan, the Government of Japan has been funding several projects through JICA in the transport sector.
