Major repairs on the 45-kilometer section of the Dushanbe-Chanak highway have reportedly been postponed until the next year in order not to prevent the delivery of coal to Dushanbe for combined heat and power (CHP) plants.
The Branch of Innovative Road Solutions (IRS) LTD in Tajikistan, which operates the toll on this highway, was reportedly planned to carry out major repairs on the highway section from the 61st to the 106th kilometer this summer has decided to postpone the repair works until the next year.
This decision has been adopted in order not to prevent the delivery of coal for Dushanbe-1 and Dushanbe-2 CHP plants, says the IRS LTD Branch.
The Branch of Innovative Road Solutions LTD in Tajikistan is an internationally held and managed company.
Innovative Road Solutions LTD was registered in British Virgin Islands in 2009.
Recall, IRS LTD was permitted to operate the toll on the Dushanbe-Chanak highway. A 410-kilometer toll road from Dushanbe to Chanak links Tajikistan’s capital with Uzbekistan through the Tajik northern province of Sughd.
The highway was upgraded by Chinese companies and paid for with a $280 million loan from China. The Tajik government decided to permit IRS to operate the toll on the highway in order to repay the loan to China. A toll has been collected for using the highway since April 1, 2010.
To-date, six toll-collection points (plaza) have operated on the Dushanbe-Chanak highway: Varzob; Hushyori; Shahriston, Istaravshan, Dehmoy; and Chorukh.
