Material and Technical Base of the Transport and Communications Sector to Be Modernized
Amul Info ·
The Cabinet of Ministers noted that work and services in the transport and communications sector grew at a rate of 113.6 percent.
The material and technical base of Turkmenistan’s transport and communications sector will be modernized. This was stated in a report by Deputy Prime Minister B. Annayev at today’s Cabinet of Ministers meeting, held via digital link. The news was reported by the “Watan” program.
The growth rate of work and services in the transport and communications sector was 113.6 percent. Compared with the same period last year, the growth rate of cargo transport by all modes reached 108.5 percent, and passenger transport 101.9 percent.
In the reporting period, services under the Ministry of Railways grew at 107.4 percent, the Ministry of Road Transport at 114.9 percent, and the “Türkmenhowaýollary” state service at 118.3 percent. The State Service for Maritime and River Transport recorded 101.4 percent, and the Ministry of Communications 115.1 percent.
After hearing the report, the President of Turkmenistan instructed officials to keep the modernization of the sector’s material and technical base under control, to continue measures to raise passenger and cargo turnover, and to make effective use of the digital system and expand the range of services.