ISLAMABAD – Transnational TAPI Gas Pipeline Project including Pakistanfaces another setback in Afghanistan which may cause further delay in startof the project.
The joint regional economic project byTurkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI), has faced more delaysinside Afghanistan due to issues of land acquisition and more, according tothe local officials.
The construction work of the mega gas pipeline project began in 2018, witha total length of 1,814 kilometers intended to pass through Afghanistan toPakistan and India. 816 kilometers of the pipeline will pass throughAfghanistan through Herat, Farah, Nimroz, Helmand, and Kandahar provinces,Khaama Press has reported.
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum claims that certain essential documentshave not been signed yet to start the project.
Therefore, “the construction work of the project will be delayed foranother six months or so, said Ibrahim Jafari, member of the NaturalResources Monitoring Network of Afghanistan.
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The stakeholders of the TAPI project signed the agreement in 2015, with anestimated cost of $22.5 billion, and the work on Afghanistan’s part wasscheduled for 2017.
Abdul Qadir Mutfi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum,said, “signing MoU with the host country (Turkmenistan) is of paramountimportance for us among others. Following that, the construction work ofthe project will begin in Afghanistan.
