Damage to road sector amounts to 3.6 billion dollars

SANAA, Aug. 30 (YPA) – The Ministry of Public Works and Roads, Ghaleb Mutlaq, reviewed, in a press conference, on Monday, the damage and losses incurred as a result of the US-backed Saudi-led  aggression coalition  on Yemen.

He said, “The total losses of the ministry’s projects due to the US-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition exceeded three billion and 665 million dollars.”

Mutlaq added that the cost of dealing with the damages of the stalled road network, which needs maintenance as a result of the US-Saudi aggression, exceeds one billion and 675 million dollars. He explained that the number of bombed bridges exceeded 100 bridges at a cost of $462 million, noting that the US-Saudi aggression targeted roads and bridges more than once.

Minister Mutlaq confirmed that the criminal raids of the US-Saudi aggression caused killed and injured engineers and road maintenance workers while performing their work in the field.

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