ID 15 billion for projects in Muthanna

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: The reconstructing Muthanna authority on Wednesday referred different projects for implementation at a total cost of 15.531 billion Iraqi dinars (around $13.250 billion) within projects to develop provinces, the head of the authority’s planning and following department said. “The authority referred six new projects for implementation within the complementary plans for projects financed from the developing provinces budget,” Engineer Mohamed Jabar Mahdi told IraqiNews.com. Muthanna, 280 km south of Baghdad, is bordering Saudi Arabia. Its capital is Samawa. It was the first Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis. On July 13, 2006 British, Australian, and Japanese forces handed over security responsibility for Muthanna province to Iraqi forces. Prior to 1976 it was part of the al-Diwaniya province. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruin of Uruk, which is possibly the source of the name Iraq. SH (P) 1