"النقل الآلي الطرق في بلاد فارس. المجلد ١ - الطرق الرئيسية. ١٩٤٢" [و‎‎١‎٩] (٤٩٨/٤٢)

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Route I—Section C—contd.
Miles.
Classificat on. Inter. Total
narrow deep nullahs passing under road.
Ground falls sharply to AQUIAH
CHAI stream in deep ravine on right, f
mile further on there is a hairpin bend
in the road and a brick bridge over a
deep nullah. There is a mineral water
spring in the valley.
B. 1 4i 337 Single arch small bridge on a steep incline
over a narrow but deep gully.
B. 1 | 337| AVEH—Village—petrol station at north
end with one surface tank of petrol and
a smaller tank of kerosene. P.T.O.
and police post (deserted). Plenty of
water and small supply of cut timber.
Country less hilly; possible to leave
road at certain points.
B. 1 . ^
(i) Camping grounds. On the left of the
road, immediately after leaving the
village—grass—sufficient for two
brigades—entrances and exits easy
M.T. can park on site—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) W iter .— Perennial, plentiful and good
from the AVEH CHAI.
(iii) Fuel—Seme brushwood on the banks of
the stream.
(iv) Fodder—Fairly plentiful.
(v) Supplies. —Sufficient for a brigade for
" two days.
(vi) Petrel and od.—5Q0 galloons and 20
gallons respectively.
(vii) Special sanitary measures—Nil.
{wui) Ccllecticn of supplies.—Impractical.
After leaving the village the roaxi c ® n ~
-—• tinues level for f, of a mile and then
drops steeply (f of a mile-average
gradient 1 : 12-2 hairpin bends of
v ^5' radius and again z00 x of 1 : 10) to
the valley along-which it runs for the
next 20 miles. The soil is red mud
and gypsum, very soft and slippery
after -rain.
Three arch stone bridge over a side
itream 30 long, 15' roadway, . above
'nullah bed which is dry except in very^
\ wet.w eathet. ‘.