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- Repairs to the KHARTOUM International Airport runway remain on schedule and officials expect completion on 10 May as planned, allowing resumption of around-the-clock operations and easing the current congestion.
- Most of the 75 ECHO funded vehicles are in Khartoum, with 51 vehicles customs cleared. Last week 50 vehicles were distributed to 29 recipients, with the remaining 25 to be distributed next week.
- The NFI User Group has determined that there is insufficient capacity to transport the vehicles by air or surface in the time they would need to be deployed to the Darfurs. UNJLC may, if so requested by the Humanitarian Co-ordinator, facilitate a convoy to drive the vehicles to the DARFURS once statutory registrations are completed. Agencies wishing to participate in such a convoy should contact John Levins (john.levins@wfp.org) to express interest as soon as possible, indicating to which DARFUR state capital the vehicle(s) are destined for.
- Contracting suitable surface transport into the DARFURS remains a challenge for CARE. One of the two transporters repeated failed to perform satisfactorily and the contract has thus been terminated. The process has been initiated to re-tender and appoint a new transport contractor. An interim arrangement has been made to continue the service uninterrupted.