{"id":36283,"date":"2025-12-17T00:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=36283"},"modified":"2025-12-17T00:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:13:21","slug":"minister-oversees-funding-progress-for-laghouat-ghardaia-el-menia-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=36283","title":{"rendered":"Minister Oversees Funding Progress for Laghouat-Ghardaia-El Menia Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers<\/strong> \u2013 Minister of Public Works and Basic Infrastructure, Abdelkader Djelloul, chaired a meeting today at the ministry headquarters to review the progress of procedures related to financing the Laghouat-Ghardaia-El Menia railway project. The funding is being considered by the African Development Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting focused on the practical steps following the approval process for the railway line, a vital infrastructure project aimed at improving connectivity and boosting economic activity in the region. The Laghouat-Ghardaia-El Menia railway is expected to significantly reduce travel times and facilitate the transportation of goods, thereby stimulating trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Djelloul emphasized the importance of expediting the necessary procedures to ensure the timely disbursement of funds from the African Development Bank. He stressed the government&#8217;s commitment to completing the project efficiently and according to the highest standards. The railway line is a key component of the national infrastructure development plan, designed to modernize the country&#8217;s transportation network and support sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n<p><em>Senior officials from the Ministry of Public Works and representatives from relevant government agencies participated in the meeting.<\/em> Discussions centered on overcoming potential obstacles and streamlining the administrative processes to accelerate the project&#8217;s implementation. The railway is seen as crucial for unlocking the economic potential of the southern regions of Algeria, fostering greater integration with the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting concluded with a series of directives aimed at accelerating the completion of the financing arrangements and ensuring the smooth commencement of construction work on the Laghouat-Ghardaia-El Menia railway line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers \u2013 Minister of Public Works and Basic Infrastructure, Abdelkader Djelloul, chaired a meeting today at the ministry headquarters to review the progress of procedures related to financing the Laghouat-Ghardaia-El Menia railway project. The funding is being considered by the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36285,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36283\/revisions\/36285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}