'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎102r] (203/416)

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7. Communications and security.-
Persia, with head-
*»?succeeded Prince Al’Za^-Saitoneh ^ Kamer?Id <!a# ^“ S 'r' Azar ' Nont ' h * who
■^acting charge of the Eoad Admini s Son in Sh-Eaet J “ U?ry ’ lluld thu
i,^ quarters at Kerman throughout the year.
< ' T1 ! e ? um lji ' Remans 20,000, which was due to different narties
I accounts in connection with the Eoads Denartment i ' r . al l<,s ’ 011 carious
Sr has beer, only partly paid, as the previous v^rt’ k ^ of the year.
Hi the pay of the staffU uSallfLen hi arre^ 8 ^ been ««eeded;
very
pass, ou which a .aim T^.^sof^had^h^peht^Zllinli ' 1 l "
sxsass “ ,l “ - »■“* “ ■> p~ sitrs'S
No new roads were taken in hand in the province during the ^ear.
Before leaving Tehran, in the month of August the new ru , >
!r f tn^te^d 11 ^ 1 t? tlle Sha i 1 the Proposa! for making a motor road from Kerman
to Meshed via Kawar and received orders to go on with the uroWt m ™ ^ dU
; tion with the local Road authorities, H. I. M offer m to contri'hm. t PGra "
•SO,000 from his personal pocket. On his arrfval^t KerSl, tterefo^“To
Governor-General started making enquiries about this road, the result of which
was communicated to Tehran in a full report, and twn l O 1 T"! Cl T'^C't T 1 » ~ TV /f * •
;]]Lrr . ' ? % ; r " , ciuuui mis loaci. the result of whinh
frit was communicated to Tehran in a full report, and two engineers from the M is
• S'M ^.y ot E ? ads arrived in Kerman at the close of the vear and proceeded to Raw-ir
dl%o^with a view to inspecting the alignment and estimating the 1 cost. ‘
It will be remembered that the Kerman-Rawar section of this road has been
Ipnade just passable for light touring cars. S 136(311
, 0 , The Kerman-Bandar Abbas motor road was closed to traffic during the first
K days of April and lor subsequent, but shorter periods owing to the Tang-b
Zagh section bemg badly damag-ed bv beavv rains " ^
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badly damaged by heavy rains.
Ihe Kerman-Zahidan (Duzdab) motor road was rarely used by travellers
the motor traffic in lorries taking goods to India was somewhat greater than
y the previous year.
Mi#. ,, As alread y pointed out in previous reports, the only attraction of this road
ediv 18 tlle 110n 'P a ™ent of the Indian Customs.
qniredfc (^) Security of Trade Several robberies were committed on the
Bandar Abbas-Kerman road during the year, by outlaws from Fars and
c aq6hl ? 0 Y mds w T l10 !l ave their hoines withil1 and m the neighbourhood of
J m S ihe Sli ;i an djs trict. In all cases the Amnieh took prompt action, sometimes in co-
»—operation with the military, to pursue the robbers and in a few cases the stolen
property was partly recovered.
yte- For some time past cars are being escorted on the dangerous sections of the
' rs ^ above route, and prevented from travelling at night, by men from the Amnieh
Regiment, who are often a cause of great inconvenience and the advantages of
whose presence are now and again counter-balanced by the disappearance of
'.^various useful articles, such as loaves of sugar, etc.
fthreef On the whole, however, security was fairly well maintained and to robberies
employ of importance took place on the other roads in the province during the year.
(o) Posts .—No new Post offices were opened in the province during the
n off-year.
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iucipsi^
Tri-weekly.
' Bi-weekly.
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The Postal services at present maintained in Kerman are as follows
Between Kerman and Tehran, via Yezd and Isfahan
including Shiraz, Meshed, etc. (by car)
Between Kerman and Bandar Abbas, via Sirjan
(by car)
Between Kerman and Zahidan, via Bam (by car
from Kerman to Bam and by camel onwards)
Between Kerman and Rudbar, via Jiruft (partly
by car and partly by donkey
Between Kerman and Rawar, via Zerind (donkey)
Between Kerman and Shahdad (donkey) .. „
Barring a few cases of temporary interruption, due to rain and snow, the
abpve services were maintained fairly regularly throughout the year,.
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Weekly.