Source: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Report:
Headline: Press Release of Ministry of Urban Development and Housing – 5 March, 2018
Ministry of Urban Development and Housing have spent 85.58% of its budget development.
Today Ms. Nilofar Langar, Spokesperson of Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said “This amount has been used for the initiation of 89 various construction projects for other ministries, other construction projects, consultation and procurement of materials. There was a total of 104 MoUs for procurement” at GMIC.
In this year, the construction of more than 31 thousand residential units is either completed, or they are under construction, or there are commitments for their constructions. “The design of China’s residential project, completion of planning for Qatar, Kamakuddin Behzad and Qasim Abad Nangarhar projects, and preparation of Lala project to be launched and distributed to the employees for the judicial sector are among our significant achievements,” Ms. Nilofar added.
Moreover, in Financial Year (FY) 1396 Ministry of Urban Development and Housing received a USD 20 million city development project from the World Bank for strategic planning of nine major cities. Furthermore, two new master plans were developed, six previous master plans were revised and 20 detailed plans were developed by expert urban engineers.
She emphasized that during FY 1396, they have completed 45 projects of constructing administrative buildings, residential blocks, buildings for provincial councils, conference halls, guest houses and administrative buildings for municipality directorates in the provinces. She also added that the design and planning of reconstruction of 14 mosques in 10 provinces have been completed.
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