"النقل الآلي الطرق في بلاد فارس. المجلد ١ - الطرق الرئيسية. ١٩٤٢" [و‎‎٧‎٥] (٤٩٨/١٥٤)

141
Route IV—Section E.— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection af supplies. —Impossible.
A. 2 lj 330 Single span masonry bridge 20 yards long
over nullah aoparently 3-4' deep in rainy
season. In Sentember 1941 there were
only two small streams 3* wide and 6”
deep used for irrigation.
A. 2 1J 33l£ FARR—20 houses— cultivation right and
left of road.
A. 2 2| 333f 7-snan masonry bridge over RUD-I-
DUAB, 120 yards long, 20' wide.
Stanchions of bridge built on 3-ft high
rock foundation which stretches across
river, forming dam and keeping bulk of
water on right side. Water apparently
never mor* 5 t^an 3-4' d^en with occasion
al pools 12-15' deep, and could be forded
on either s^de; but running parallel to
river on IRAQ side is a deep and steen-
sid^d irrigation channel which could
only be crossed bv bridging. This bridge
would make a good isolated demolition.
B. 1 2| 336J Low hills ^ mile to right and left and
cultivation on right on banks of stream.
MARUN village | mile right.
B. 1 If 338 Nullah K. 0846. Road diversion due to
bridge collapse. Proceed f mile up side
of nullah, cross it and back along other
side. Both legs metalled but bumpy.
B. 1 2 340 N 1 MAKKHUR—(50 houses)—gendarmerie
• post—P. O., T. O., Tel.
.. .. (i) Camping ground—On left of road
before entering village—sufficient for
2 brigades—sandy soil—entrances and
exits easy—cover from air, nil M. T.
can park.
(ii) Water. —From stream on left abund
ant and perennial supply.
(iii) FueZ.—Nil—but village has a few
orchards.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies—Vety scarce.
~ - (vi) Petrol and oil—A few tins.