2 service projects initiated in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A local company on Monday initiated work on two service projects in Basra’s al-Hussein neighborhood at a cost of nearly $4.5 million U.S. dollars, according to a local official. “The projects include the establishment of sewage networks in al-Hussein neighborhood (8 km west of Basra city),” the director of Basra’s construction unit, Ziyad Ali Fadhel, told IraqiNews.com news agency. A number of streets will be paved as part of the projects, he pointed out. The estimated completion period of the projects is eight months, the official added. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1