Iran expels India from Chah-e-Bihar project Iran says India was not paying on time.
According to reports released by Indian news agencies, Iran has expelled India from the important Chahbahar project on the pretext of continuous delay and non-disbursement of funds by India.
Delays in the project and disruption of funding by the Indian government have been cited as US sanctions. According to India, the future of the plan with Iran was in question due to US sanctions. The project was contracted to the Indian company Arcon, whose engineers visited the site several times.
On the other hand, Iran separated India from the project due to delay in funding. Following the decision, the Iranian government has now decided to build the railway on its own. It should be noted that this agreement was reached between India and Iran 4 years ago, under which a railway line is to be built from Chahbahar to Zahedan along the border with Afghanistan.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Iran in 2016, during which he signed a rail project with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani.
This trade route connects the port of Kandhla in the western Indian state of Gujarat with the Iranian port of Chahbahar.
According to the Indian newspaper, Iran has separated India from the project due to delay in starting the project and funding. Iranian officials have told Indian media that the entire project will be completed by March 2022 and that Iran will complete the railway line without India.
Last week, Iran's Minister of Transport and Urban Development Mohammad Aslami inaugurated a 628-kilometer track project that would later be extended to the Afghan city of Zaranj.
It is worth mentioning here that this step has been taken by Iran at a crucial time when China has signed a major 25-year 400 400 deal to expand strategic relations with Iran.
Analysts say the deal gives Iran a better partner than India. While this news is bad for India. India had signed a 8 billion deal for the project.
In the past, India has been pressuring the Iranian authorities to expand the Chah-e-Bihar port, although the port is operational but has a capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per annum, against a target of 12 million tonnes per annum. Is.
Chabahar is Iran's second largest port outside the Arabian Gulf and just 100 kilometers from the Pakistani border.
Iran, Afghanistan, India Economic Corridor
Earlier, India had laid the foundation of a new road between Iran, Afghanistan and India under the new economic corridor for the port of Chah-e-Bihar, which would connect the Afghan province of Herat with Lehman, Bala Murghab and Mehman to Shibergan and then Mazar-e-Sharif. ۔ The road will pass close to other Central Asian states and Afghanistan's border areas, where the Afghan government is strong and the Taliban still fail to establish their influence there.
India also immediately reached an agreement with Iran to develop the Iranian port of Chah-e-Bihar. India has promised to provide its engineers to Afghanistan for the construction of a new road, which will connect Herat to Mazar-e-Sharif.
According to reports, Chabahar port will be connected to Afghanistan and Central Asian states through a railway link. The project is called the North-South Corridor.
