2 bridges on the way in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Two projects to set up two bridges in Karbala city at a cost of nearly $7 million U.S. dollars have been referred to local companies, a local chief said on Thursday. “The Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works has referred the projects to specialized companies,” the media chief of Karbala’s municipality, Majid Naji, told IraqiNews.com news agency. Naji explained that the bridges will be the first in the province and will help ease traffic jams at the entrance of the old city. The holy Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1