2nd batch of investment projects launched in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Baghdad Mayoralty said on Sunday that it launched the second batch of proposed investment projects in the Iraqi capital at a cost of five billion Iraqi dinars. “This batch comprises nine projects including the construction of a housing compound in the area of al-Dabbash over an area of 397 donums ,” Baghdad Mayor Saber al-Issawi was quoted in a statement received by Iraqi News. One Iraqi donum equals 2,500 square meters. “Other projects include a park in the fashion of al-Zawraa park over an area of 1,000 donums north of al-Shaab town on al-Rashidiya road,” Issawi added. AmR (P)/SR 1