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About 2,300 nomadic Kurdish households from North Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan have begun their seasonal migration to winter pastures in Golestan province, northeastern Iran, where they will stay until mid-May. The families are settling in grazing areas across the counties of Maraveh Tappeh, Kalaleh and Gonbad-e Kavus, covering about 350,000 hectares, according to the provincial Department of Nomadic Affairs. Its director general, Mohammad-Sadeq Arab-Qaeini, said authorities from governorates, the military, law enforcement, veterinary services and natural resources departments had coordinated to ensure the migrants' safety. Recent torrential rains damaged 180 of the 350 kilometers of roads nomadic communities use, and contractors have been arranged to repair them. Government agencies, including health centers, the education department and the provincial grain administration, will provide services after arrival, with main provisions including drinking water, flour, kerosene, cooking gas and livestock feed. Tehran Times reported these details.