PMO News Portal – On the occasion of the national
transportation day and to signify its importance in the cabinet meeting,
President Hassan Rouhani stated that This year, Despite the imposed sanctions
and the Corona Pandemic, transport sector had a great role in the economic arena.
They worked their best for the country and did not the flow of the supply chain
get interrupted.
“If we compare transport in the first eight months of this
year compared to last year, truck transport has increased by 7% and rail
transport by 8%, which shows that even in the pandemic, truckers and all the personnel
active in this sector have done a very valuable job, traveling thousands of
kilometers day and night in the cold and in the heat, in order to deliver the
goods to the people.”, Rouhani added.
“There have been very good developments regarding roads,
airports and ports. Capacity of the country's ports has increased by 36% and
10,000 kilometers have been added to the roads, highways, freeways, rural and
urban roads/”
Referring to the statistics of the Program and Budget
Organization in construction sector, he highlighted that this year, despite the
corona pandemic and sanction, we have spent 567,000 billion Rls. for the
country's development projects which is 62% more than last year expenditure on
construction plans and projects.