Emomali Rahmon inaugurates the Bokhtar-Levakant-Danghara highway in Khatlon province

Tajikistan authorities from the very first years of independence have mobilized all resources and opportunities to bring the country out of transportation deadlock and to turn it into a transit country.Yesterday, as part of his working visit to Khatlon province, President Emomali Rahmon inaugurated the Bokhtar-Levakant-Danghara highway.The Tajik president’s official website says the highway was built in 3 stages within the framework of the goals to adapt the service conditions to international requirements, and its total length is 68.8 kilometers.The Bokhtar-Levakant section of the highway consists of 6 traffic lanes and the rest of the road consists of two lanes.In total, 5 overpasses and 2 roundabouts have been built on the road.Installation of reinforced concrete trenches, water pipes, paving stones on both sides of the road and protective walls reportedly ensures safe movement of vehicles.Within the framework of this project, three kilometers of internal roads of the city of Levakant will also be renovated.The Bokhtar-Levakant-Danghara highway is reportedly of great economic and social importance and lays the foundation for increasing the volume and quality of cargo and passenger transportation.The construction work on the first stage of the Bokhtar-Levakant-Danghara started in October 2021.  The head of state yesterday also got acquainted with the project for construction of Danghara-Guliston and Guliston-Farkhor highways and gave a start to the construction works.The Danghara-Guliston section of the internationally important Dushanbe-Kulob-Khorog-China border highway will be about 50 kilometers long and will consist of 4 traffic lanes in populated areas.According to the international requirements of road construction, the Danghara-Guliston section of the Dushanbe-Khorog international highway will have alongside it a mother and child home, transport stations, overpasses and underground passages, footpaths and other transport infrastructure.The total length of the Guliston-Farkhor section is 29.6 kilometers, and it is being built with the involvement of foreign capital and the contribution of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.The first stage of the Guliston-Farkhor-Panj-Dousti road is an important part of the international highway and provides access to world ports through foreign routes.The construction of the Danghara-Guliston and Guliston-Farkhor sections is reportedly of great importance for the implementation of the "Targeted State Program for the Development of the Transport Complex of the Republic of Tajikistan until 2025" in order to form transport corridors and transform Tajikistan into a transit country.According to the contract, the construction works at the first stage of rehabilitation of the Guliston-Farkhor-Panj-Dousti highway, i.e. up to Farkhor, should be completed by September 2027.