Chabahar-Zahedan Railway Line
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10Pointer
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World Affairs
- Published
16th Jul, 2020
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- In 2016 India and Iran signed an agreement to construct a 628 km rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the border (Zaranj) with Afghanistan.
- It is a part trilateral agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan to build an alternate trade route to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
- The entire project would be completed by March 2022, and that Iranian Railways will proceed without India’s assistance.
- Iran will be using approximately $400 million from the Iranian National Development Fund.
- The development comes as China finalizes a massive 25-year, $400 billion strategic partnership deal with Iran.
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