DUSHANBE, 03.02.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The COVID-19 pandemic caused great damage to the transport sector, said the Minister of Transport Azim Ibrohim today during a press conference.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the transport sector around the world, even in countries with great economic opportunities. There were also difficulties in Tajikistan, especially for international land transportation of goods,” Ibrohim noted.

According to him, this led to a loss of 272 million somoni, and the damage to international passenger transportation by rail amounted to 28.9 million somoni.

“Due to the well-coordinated work of the railway, we managed to get good results at the end of the year, in particular, 6.3 million tonnes of cargo was transported by rail during the year, of which 5.8 million tonnes was through international traffic,” Ibrohim said.

In the past year, over 79 million tonnes of cargo was transported by all types of transportation, including 6.3 million tonnes by rail, 73.5 million tonnes by road, which is less than in 2019.