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Shakardara District is connected to Kabul North
Highway
Kabul - 3rd December, 2007 -
 The
Shakardara Road of Kabul province, which has
been completed by the National Rural Access
Programme NRAP and funded by European Union (EU),
inaugurated by Engineer Khalil Rahman Director
of National Rural Access Program . In this
ceremony attendees included the authorities of
the NRAP, UNOPS, European Commission (EC)
delegation, provincial and community influential
people.
The length of this road is 4.5 km {starts from
center of Shakardara district to Kabul parwan
highway}. Through this road project 8094 working
days have been generated and 13,000 inhabitants
along the road are receiving economical and
social benefits from this road. This road was
funded by the EC with an amount of $ 290,678
(14,533,917 Afghani).
Surface treatment of this road is DBST (Double
Bituminous Surface Treatment), which is applied
for rural roads with average traffic use of
light loaded vehicles. The cost of one kilometer
of a DBST road is nearly the same as a graveled
road and around 70 percent cheaper then an
asphalt road. Meanwhile the whole life cycle
quality of it is much higher than a graveled
road and requires less maintenance. Based on
rural road planning, the NRAP-EC 204 km European
Commission funds rural roads.
“Roads connect villages to the cities and make
their access easier to local markets and social
services centers” Said Engineer Khalil Rahman
form MRRD NRAP “this road will have positive
socio-economic impact on the livelihood of the
local residents”.
“Before this road was built we had many
problems commuting to markets and provincial
center. The transportation cost was very high;
with the inauguration of this road we will have
easier access to local markets and will be able
to easily transport our produce; also the
transportation cost has declined significantly”
Said a local resident of Shakardara Khan Aqa.
NRAP is implemented jointly by the MoPW and
MRRD. Through this national program more then
9,500 km rural roads have been constructed or
rehabilitated generating around 14million labor
days.
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