Visit of the Vice President and Minister of Roads and Urban Development to the Rasht-Anzali Railway The Director-General of the Railway Construction and Development Zone 2 announced the opening of the Rasht-Caspian Railway in September next year, provided funding is provided.
Ali Akbar Mardi, Director General of the General Directorate of Railway Construction and Development of Region 2 of the Transportation Infrastructure Construction and Development Company, said about the progress of the Qazvin-Rasht-Caspian railway: In 1997, the Qazvin-Rasht section was put into operation, which includes 5 It was a piece.
According to Teen News from the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, he continued: “Since 1998, the Rasht-Caspian section has been given priority and can be exploited if the credit is provided in September 1401.”
According to a man, the first 5 sections of this line were related to Qazvin-Rasht, and the executive operations related to 3 sections 6, 7, and 8, which are in the Rasht-Anzali (Caspian) area, began.
The director-general of the General Department of Railway Construction and Development of Region 2 explained: This route is 205 km long from Qazvin to Anzali, and the second part, ie Rasht to Anzali, with a length of 40 km, includes 3 sections.
Pointing out that this project was a priority in 1998 and its completion was accelerated, a man added: “This railway had no problem up to Pirbazar area, but from Pirbazar area to Anzali, due to the collision with Anzali lagoon, the environment allowed the construction to continue.” It did not give way in this area, so we had to replace the route to the Anzali Free Zone, ie the Caspian region, which was outside the lagoon.
He continued: By changing the route from Anzali to Caspian, the length of this railway was reduced by 5 km and reached 35 km.
A man reported 68% physical progress of the project in the pavement and infrastructure sector in total and said: “Currently, 80% physical progress has been achieved in the infrastructure sector and 23% progress in the pavement sector. Also, since the beginning of 1998, 11 km of This route is paved.
Regarding the benefits of the project, the Director-General of the General Directorate of Railway Construction and Development of Region 2 stated: This railway is part of the North-South Corridor and connects Southeast Asia and China to the Eurasian region and Eastern Europe through the Persian Gulf. Countries such as Russia, Azerbaijan, and Eastern Europe are pursuing the completion of this railway.
Noting that the railway will reduce the transit time of goods by about 4 weeks, he said: the implementation of this project in terms of creating a new rail corridor for exports and imports, as well as transit of goods from the northern regions to the Persian Gulf, open waters Internationally and other neighboring countries of Iran are very important.
A man also said about the credits allocated for this project: about 440 billion Tomans have been spent on this project so far.
He continued: for the year 1400, 200 billion tomans of credit had been considered in the budget, of which 150 billion tomans have been paid so far.
The director-general of the General Department of Railway Construction and Development of Region 2 pointed out: about 700 billion tomans of money were needed to complete the project, and during the president’s visit to Gilan, 650 billion tomans of credit were approved for this project, of which 50 billion tomans have been paid so far. Has been.
A man emphasized: 200 billion tomans are to be paid by the end of this year and 450 billion tomans by next year. If the required credit is provided, this route will be operational in September next year.
The director of the General Department of Railway Construction and Development of Region 2 explained the obstacles and problems ahead to complete this route: این This project was supposed to be opened by the end of February, but problems such as acquisition, supply of embankment materials, etc. were prevented.
Referring to the limited materials and access to it in Gilan province, a man said: خاک Embankment materials in Gilan province are considered gold and are not easily available, so even at times we transported earth materials by train from Qazvin province.
He continued: “On the other hand, it rains in Gilan province for 6 months of the year and makes it very difficult to work.”
A man pointed out: 2.5 million cubic meters of embankment has been done in the Rasht-Caspian axis and only 500,000 cubic meters remain, but considering that spring is the time when fish spawn, we are not allowed to continue working by the Environment Organization.
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