20 May 2021 - 18:51
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Public Works Ministry says it has stopped surveying the Kabul-Jalalabad second highway due to security reasons but local people and officials say there is no security problem on the route and the ministry is making excuses to delay its construction.
Local residents, officials and provincial council members say they have assured providing security for the road and there are no any threats left with recent operations conducted in the area.
Financed by the Asian Development Bank, construction work on the 150-kilometer highway was launched on September 14, 2010.
The highway is divided into two parts a 50-kilometer portion from Spira Kandaw area of Azra district of Logar province and 100 kilometers from Dua Saraka area of Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar but only 32 kilometers of the road from Kabul and 33 kilometers from Nangarhar side could be asphalted so far.