Tajikistan will receive a grant from the Asian Development Bank for the reconstruction of roads in the Khatlon region, the Ministry of Finance of the republic said on December 29
The total amount of the envisaged ADB grant will be over $67 million, and the total project cost is $72.93 million.
Tajikistan will contribute $5.44 million to the project.
The agreement was signed by the head of the Ministry of Finance of the republic Fayziddin Kakhhorzoda and the authorised representative of the ADB in Dushanbe Anvar Makhmudov. The project starts in 2021 and is scheduled for completion in 2024.
As part of the reconstruction, two road sections will be repaired at once on the territory of Khatlon. At present, they provide traffic intensity of more than 4 thousand vehicles per day and after reconstruction they will be on level of world standards.
