Downtown Basra sewage project at $1.8m

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A local company on Thursday completed work on a sewage project in downtown Basra at a cost of nearly $1.8 million, according to a senior local official. “Work covered 11 sites in downtown Basra, including the neighborhoods of al-Andalus, al-Janina, Kut al-Hajjaj and al-Hakimiya,” Engineer Ziyad Ali told IraqiNews.com news agency. Work on the project lasted four months, Ziyad explained, adding that it was conducted as part of the 2008 provincial development projects. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1