First Section of Railway to Chabahar Port Launched in Iran
The line is a key section of a 628-kilometer rail link from Zahedan to Chabahar which has cost some 23 trillion rials ($63.7 million) to build while the government has spent double that figure on works in other sections of the project, including on track-laying between Khash to Iranshahr and to Chabahar.
The railway will allow cargo transit via Iran from the Indian Ocean to Afghanistan and other landlocked countries in Central Asia.
Addressing the ceremony, Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber said the rail line from Khash to Chabahar will definitely finish by March 2023.
He added that Iran plans to finish two other key rail links in its North and Southwest to allow the international transportation of cargo from Chabahar to ports in Finland and from Chabahar to the Mediterranean.
Back in 2019, the Iranian government approved 300 million euros in special funds to finish the Zahedan-Chabahar railway after Indian companies decided to pull out of the project because of American sanctions on Iran.
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