IED33b water project in Karbala underway

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Works are underway on a water project in al-Hindiya, eastern Karbala, with a total capacity of 2,000 cubic meters/hour and a cost of 33 billion Iraqi dinars, the province’s governor said on Sunday. “A local firm has started the project in al-Hindiya city, (20 km) east of Karbala, which involves the construction of an integrated water-filtering station, a ground reservoir with a capacity of 12 cm/h and an 11-km-long pipeline,” Amal al-Din al-Hirr told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Works on the project are expected to take a year,” he said, referring to plans to provide drinking water to several areas in the city. The holy Shiite city province of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1