DUSHANBE, February 16, 2010, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan expected to complete construction of a 220 kV Tajikistan-Afghanistan power transmission line on its territory in late May this year, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoI).

We will recall that the 220 kV Tajikistan-Afghanistan power transition line is 274 kilometers long, and 118 kilometers of it lies on Tajik territory.

The source at a MoI told Asia-Plus today that they have built more than 40 kilometers of the line to this day. “We plan to construct the remaining some 70 kilometers of the line in three and half months,” the source said, noting that 25 million U.S. dollars were allocated for construction of the line on the Tajik territory.

According to him, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund have provided a total of 20 million U.S. dollars and Tajik government’s contribution is 5 million U.S. dollars.

On the territory of Tajikistan, the line starts in the Sanguda-1 hydroelectric plant and ends on the Tajik-Afghan border.