[3] In August 2021, the Puntland government announced the construction of a 3,600 cubic meter dam located 2 km northeast from El Dahir.

[9] On January 11, 2018, President Farmajo of the Federal Republic of Somalia visited El Dahir and laid the cornerstone of the road.

[10] However, Puntland's President Gaas criticized this, claiming that the Somali Federal Government did not play its role about the loss by force of Tukaraq.

[14] In October 2019, the news website Somaliland Standard reported that "the 90-kilometer road between El Dahir and Badhan is in very good condition.

[17] In January 2021, a ceremony was held at the Puntland Presidential Palace to celebrate the tar donation campaign for the second phase of the project.