DUSHANBE, April 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – On Friday April 4, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon officially inaugurated the construction a 220kV Qairoqqum-Asht power transmission line in the northern province of Sughd.

According to the Tajik president’s official website, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded a grant for construction of that 74-kilometer electricity transmission line.

A total cost of the project is reportedly 65 million somoni (equivalent to 13.6 million U.S. dollars) and this power transmission line is expected to be introduced into operation in September this year.

Through this new power transmission line the Asht district will be connected to the country’s unified power system that will allow increasing electricity supplies to this district several times, the president’s website said.