Referring to the distance of 151 kilometres, numerous stations along the route and the central role of the Hamadan-Sanandaj railway in completing the country's transit infrastructure, the President said, “The government is determined to connect the country's railway infrastructure to international railway lines, and from today, simultaneously with the opening of this railway line, design of the Sanandaj rail line to the Bashmaq border should also be on the agenda of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development”.
Speaking on Thursday morning at the beginning of the Popular Administration’s travel plans to Kurdistan province, in the opening ceremony of the Hamadan-Sanandaj railway megaproject, Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said, “Kurdistan is a land of resistance and standing against the enemy, it has people with respect, with culture, with very valuable local and regional traditions and believers in divine and religious values”.
Referring to the distance of 151 kilometres, numerous stations along the route and the central role of the Hamadan-Sanandaj railway in completing the country's transit infrastructure, the President said, “The government is determined to connect the country's railway infrastructure to international railway lines, and from today, simultaneously with the opening of this railway line, design of the Sanandaj rail line to the Bashmaq border should also be on the agenda of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development”.
Stating that the government is faced with many half-finished projects that have caused people to be unhappy with them, the President said, "The government has the completion of these half-finished projects on its agenda”.
Dr Raisi expressed gratitude to all those involved in the implementation of this huge and important project and said, “Completing half-finished projects as soon as possible will accelerate economic growth and, as a result, create more power for the country”.
The President said, “Also, great steps have been taken in terms of completing the province's infrastructure in the water, electricity and gas sector, and gas supply to Kurdistan, despite the fact that many parts of the province are inaccessible, has reached a level where we can make Kurdistan one of the green provinces in the next few months”.