MINISTER ABOUT "NEW RAILWAY" PROJECT

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Roads, transportation, construction and urban development, Kh.Battulga introduced a process of “New railway” project and financing required for it, at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.


In connection with this, the Cabinet has obliged the Board of directors of the Development bank to finance withion this month works such as technical-economic justification, detailed geology, geodesy and environmental impact assessment, and lands stripping.

Within the “New railway” project, 468 km railroad will be built in Tavan tolgoi-Sainshand route, 450 km--in Sainshand-Khoot, 155 km--Khoot-Choibalsan, 380 km--in Khoot-Nomrog, 267 km--in Tavan tolgoi-Gashuunsukhait, and 46 km--in Nariinsukhait-Shiveekhuren direction.

As calculated, the railroad's one km base structure will be built at 2.5-2.8 million US dollars, and that by putting into use these railroads by 2020 some 66 million tons of coal will be transported a year.

B.Oyundelger

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