Officials at Afghan Gas Company say work on the gas pipeline from Sheberghan to Mazar-e-Sharif is underway.
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the head of Afghan Gas Company in Jawzjan, said that the construction of this pipeline will cost more than 100 million afghanis and work will be completed soon.
The capacity of this pipeline has doubled compared to the past, he said.
Mansour added that the construction of this pipeline is being paid from the national budget and carried out by local engineers.
He also said that the total length of this pipeline is 94 km and so far 20 km has been completed.
Abdul Sabour, the person in charge of the pipeline project, also said that the project will be carried out under the supervision of welders who have international certificates.
A number of engineers who are working on this project meanwhile say their work will be completed before the appointed time.
“I am very happy, I feel happy that I am serving my country and it is very safe, we can easily carry out our work,” said an engineer.
“We feel happy because there is 100% peace in our country. In the past, when we worked on the pipeline, we had much stress because of insecurity,” another engineer said.
According to the information from local officials, 650 cubic meters of gas can now be extracted from 30 gas wells in Jawzjan province.
