6 housing projects to be built in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Karbala‘s Investment Commission laid down the cornerstone for four housing complexes at a cost of 850 million dollars, to consist about 11.000 housing units.  Media Director Raed al-Asali told IraqiNews.com the first project shall be carried out by a Chinese company to erect 1,300 housing units in Hur area, 5 km west of Karbala, at a cost of 70 million dollars. The second consists of 5,166 housing units to be implemented by a Turkish company,  10 km southwest of Karbala at a cost of 467 million dollars. The third will cover 3,828 housing units to be implemented by a Canadian company at a cost of 76 million dollars, while the fourth project will cost 237 million dollars, include 1,300 housing units by a Turkish company, 2 km outside of the main city.  He added the infrastructure requirements, such as sewerage, water, communications, electricity, internal roads, hospitals, police stations, markets and malls, shall be included in these projects.  RM (TS)/SR 801