Aimag centers to be linked to capital by road

At the Government meeting on Wednesday, members received an update on efforts to link aimag centers to the capital by road.

Road, Transportation and Urban Development Minister Ts.Dashdorj said construction of roads from the centers of Dornod, Sukhbaatar, Umnugobi, Uvs, Zavkhan, and Khuvsgul aimags to Ulaanbaatar has not yet commenced. Altogether, 598.6 km of roads are to be built at a cost of MNT 311 billion. The minister said construction of roads from the centers of Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, Khovd, Bayan-Ulgii, Dundgobi, and Dornogobi aimags is from 14 to 90 percent complete.

The minister said 1,100 km of roads and 414.3 meters of bridges were built in the country in 2011, financed by the state, foreign loans and aid, and other sources.

A total of 2,919 km of roads and 3,465 meters of bridges are to be built in 2012. The state has allocated MNT 346.9 billion for the projects.

Cabinet members asked the minister to begin road construction from some aimag centers to the capital, finance bridge construction, and consider suggestions from other ministers on road construction.

The Cabinet also approved a new “Healthy Child” campaign, a program to supply small tractors to farmers and herders, and a horseracing program in countryside regions.

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