74 projects worth over ID21bn implemented in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Seventy-four projects worth nearly 21.942 billion Iraqi dinars have been carried out in Karbala as part of the provincial development program for the year 2009, a local official said on Tuesday. “Local companies and contractors have conducted 74 projects thus far…,” the chairman of the construction and strategic planning committee in the provincial council, Abbas Nasser al-Hassani, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The projects covered all cities of the province, including its center and remote areas, the official added. The holy Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 2