03.03.20
The construction of the first tunnel of the 45 envisaged within project of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to China, the so-called "thread D", is at the final stage, Avesta news Agency reports.
According to information from the Ministry of energy and water resources of Tajikistan, construction work in the first tunnel located in the Rudaki district has been completed by more than 98% of the total volume.
In 2014 Shamsiddinzoda noted that: "The interest of the government of Tajikistan in the project is to receive taxes, create jobs, etc. For example, the revenue of a joint company over 32 years will be $ 15 billion. Of this amount, Tajikistan will receive $ 1.2 billion from the single tax (excluding social tax) and another $ 2.5 billion from dividends from shares".
Shamsiddinzoda also said at the time that the cost of the Tajik section of the project will be 3.2 billion dollars. The project provides for the construction of 45 tunnels, with a total length of 75 km, and other infrastructure. During the project implementation, more than 3 thousand citizens of Tajikistan will be provided with jobs.
The length of this gas pipeline across the territory of Tajikistan will be more than 400 km.
It is expected that 25-30 billion cubic meters of natural gas will be delivered annually from Turkmenistan to China via this pipeline. The implementation of this project will attract more than $ 3 billion of direct Chinese investments in the economy of Tajikistan.
