File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎209r] (121/452)

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Report and estimate for temporary road between Bandar Abbas and
Kerman to take occasional lorries and cars.
1 Abbas\«VJrfrr^ t0b ^?, OWed u ShoU ' dbethatof route, 4 4 from Bandar
detour, a, t ?T’ “ •z" 3 ’ ^ a i al l un ’ Ha„abad and Saidabad to Kerman with two
detours at the Tang-i-Zagh defile and the difficult pass between Gak, m W
ajmbad respectively. 1 he permanent road will also follow this alignment.
2. The first detour would go about one mile to the east of the Tano' 1 7ocrh
and fo low a footpath called the Rah-i-Baluchi which wid save one a,fd S
.ndesof road and be much easier to clear than the obstractions b th^ Tang-
It would be possible for a car or lorry to go through the Tano-.i 7o 0 ti K..
able n S Obstr r io " s in thr ee places bit these oitructbnstre brmid!
ThV 1 d tak ® twoor three months to clear and would cost about 20000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
The permanent alignment is certain to go the Kah-i-Baluchi so thl bnv
money spent in clearing these obstructions in the Tang-i-Zagh w'ill ultimatelv
foVrtempomtv r:ad Cleared ’ will always^e ulsadslact^evtn
loose shillle Z,d h d ’ CaIS W ', ^ aVe t0 g ° the length of k for four miles over
, , n n ° j a “ lts Passage will always be a source of danger, as it is liable to
sudden floods 20 to 4° feet high from which there would be no chance o escape
about «nJ° the Rah - i ' Balu ^i sufficient for a temporary road would cost
about 57,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , t.e., 37,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. more than the Tang-i-Za^h but anv
X n n y c S leared 0 'it lt wm°'h Can be f dedu ‘; ted frorn the cost of the permanent’road and
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5' k ke second detour would be from Saadatabad in square J sheet 17 P via
Patakun, thence round the spur .77,7 to Hajiabad square £ sheet ,7 P instead of
md Gakum ‘° Ha )> abad o^r a difficult pass. This will also be the alignment for
a permanent road so ,t ,s oetter to spend money in clearing the detour than on
the pass, which will eventually be rejected.
4. My detailed estimate giving the work to be done from place to nlace
describes the route better than a detailed description. P P
Biiefly, however, the work to be done is
TangTZagln'*™ ° f 85 m,leS fr ° m Bandar Abbas tothe south entrance of the
(u) Clearing and metalling 5i miles loose shifting sand near Bandar Abbas-
(v '-'tearing 30 miles of very bad stony ground.
(c) Clearing 17 miles of easier stony ground.
0) 8 miles of easy hillside cutting at Ab-i-Shirini square
and the Guhra pass, square £ sheet 25 A, ’
r t ? . f Construction Rs. 1 .qc.q^o
Cost of first section >< 9
sheet 25-A
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Metalling
Total
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„ 1,68,360
Second Section of 5 miles from south entrance of Tang-i Zagh to Abi-Din.
(a) 1 mile difficult rock cuttino-
(i) 14 mlles eas >’ ro = k ontting. Cost of second section Rs. 56,920.
Third section of 118 miles from A bi-Din to Saidabad.
0) clearing ,6i miles of very bad stony ground
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