Que fait l’armée mongole ? Elle va construire une voie ferrée (à l’écartement standard et non à voie large (russe) comme dans le reste du pays) pour relier la mine de charbon de Tavan Tolgoi (propriété de la compagnie minière publique) à la frontière chinoise.
10,000 soldiers to be trained to build railroads | The UB Post
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The Speaker of Parliament, Z.Enkhbold, and Member of Parliament Kh.Battulga proposed training 10,000 soldiers for the construction of railroads for the Tavan Tolgoi-Gashuun Sukhait and Sainshand-Bichigt Khuut routes.
The state has allocated 24 billion MNT for the project in next year’s state budget. The project’s initiators are planning to enlist 10,000 soldiers for a special railway military unit, train them at a vocational training center, and hire them for railway construction.
Initially, the Mongolian Railway Company needs 3,300 workers for the projects, including 700 highly trained experts. The authorities are planning to train around 2,600 soldiers at vocational training centers in the first stage of the project. Minister of Labor G.Bayarsaikhan encouraged the public to look at this project as education for young people and the provision of jobs rather than exploitation of labor, as the soldiers will receive wages.
The soldiers will be prepared in five professions, including heavy machinery operator, concrete mixer, and excavator operator.
“If the Japanese government settles the investment agreement concerning the railroad construction for the Sainshand route, training for soldiers will start on January 1,” said Minister G.Bayarsaikhan.
He added that the soldiers will train for four months and start working in spring.
Experts say railroads must be built by professionals after meticulous calculations and studies by engineers, not by young soldiers. The project’s initiators believe that when the soldiers finish their services, they will have paid social insurance and accumulated a decent amount of savings from their salaries.
