2 service projects implemented in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Two telecommunications and roads projects were carried out in Basra province, the media director of Basra’s construction unit said on Tuesday. “Work has been completed on a project to expand the telecommunications network in Bab Taweel area, Abi al-Khaseeb district, at a total cost of over 158 million Iraqi dinars (1 U.S. dollar = 1,118 Iraqi dinars),” Ali Hanon told IraqiNews.com news agency. Work on the project lasted two months, he added. “Meanwhile, a local company has finished work on another project to pave al-Muthanna Street, al-Hota village, at a cost of over 174 million ID,” according to the official. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1