Basra declares lifting several concrete blocks, security checkpoints

Basra (IraqiNews.com) Basra Governorate announced the start of lifting several concrete block and some security checkpoints from Basra streets.The Governor of Basra province, Majid al-Nasrawi, mentioned in a press conference held the building of the Governorate attended by the correspondent of IraqiNews.com that ”There are many concrete blocks that will be lifted from the main commercial streets, but not from the areas near the State institutions,.””The security checkpoints will also be reduced and their location will be near the sidewalks in order to reduce the traffic and alleviate the suffer of people,” the statement added.”The streets of Basra province will be equipped by surveillance cameras that will be emplaced at the main roads and bridges, ” noting that ”The province will intensify the intelligence efforts within all security operations,” the statement concluded. \END\