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7. Communications and security. — (a) Communications. —Azar-Noush, who
succeeded Prince APZaz-us-Saltaneh, Kamerani, in January, held the
acting charge of the Road Administration in South-East Persia, with head
quarters at Kerman throughout the year.
The sum of Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 20,000, which was due to different parties, on various
accounts in connection with the Roads Department, in the beginning of the year,
has been only partly paid, as the previous year’s budget had been exceeded,
the pay of the staff has usually been in arrears.
The work on the Kerman-Khabis (Shahdad) motor alignment via the Sirch
pass on which a sum of over Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 80,000 had been spent, remained suspended
from October 1932, to the end of 1933, and there is at present not even a talk af
its being resumed.
No new roads were taken in hand in the province during the year.
Before leaving Tehran, in the month of August, the new Governor-General
had submitted to the Shah the proposal for making a motor road from Kerman
to Meshed via Rawar and received orders to go on with the project in co-opera
tion with the local Road authorities, H, I. M. offering to contribute Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. ,
10 000 from his personal pocket. On his arrival at Kerman, therefoie, the
Governor-Genora] started making enquiries about tins road, the result of » ich
Tas communicated to Tehran in a full report, and two engineers from the Mims-
1,-v of Hoads arrived in Kerman at the close of the year and proceeded to Rawar
with a view to inspecting the alignment and estimating the cost.
It will be remembered that the Kerman-Rawar section of this road has been
made just passable for light touring cars.
The Kerman-Bandar Abbas motor road was closed to traffic during the :irst
12 davs of April and for subsequent, but shorter periods owing to the lang-i-
Zagh section being badly damaged by heavy rams.
' The Kerman-Zahidan (Duzdab) motor road was rarely used by travellers,
but the motor traffic in lorries taking goods to India was somewhat greater chan
the previous year. , ^ £
As already pointed out in previous reports, the only attraction of tins road
is the non-pavmeiit of the Indian Customs.
CM Security of Trade routes.-Several robberies were committed on the
{ 0 ) o (< Auuy ij rlnrino* the vear, bv outlaws from Ears and
Bandar Abbas-Kerman ^ad du ^g^ ^ ^ the neighbourhood of
Buchaqchi nomads \v i e t A ; , took prompt action, sometimes in co-
the robber's and in a few cases the stolen
property was partly recovered.
^ limp iTnst oars are being escorted on the dangerous sections oi tht
For some time past D j; a ; ellino . at n ight, by men from the Ammeh
above ro ; lt ®; 1 ® nC ‘ Coften a oause of great Inconvenience and the advantages of
wbfse p esin o -e now anfl again Counter-balanced by the disappearance of
various useful articles, such as loaves of sugar, etc.
, , , . gecuritv was fairly well maintained and^o robbenes
of im^ “X” iwher roads in the province during the year.
(r) Posts.-No new Post offices were opened in the province during the
'^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) • • *j ^ /T
Between Kerman and Zahidan, via Bam ( F ^
from Kerman to Bam and by camel onwards)
Between Kerman and Rudbar, via Jiroft (par y
bv car and partly by donkey • • *'
Between Kerman and Rawar, via Zerind (donkey)
Between Kerman and Shahdad (donkey) • ? yi
„ , ^ fpranorarv interruption, due to ram and snow, t
Barring a few cases oi temp _ , - th.p vear.
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Tri-weekly.
Bi-weekly.
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Weekly.
above services were
maintained fairly regularly throughout the year.