ID8bn projects conducted in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Local Iraqi companies have carried out 19 projects worth 8.775 billion Iraqi dinars in Karbala province, according to a senior local official. “The projects, conducted throughout the past weeks, are part of the 2008 provincial development projects,” the chairman of the construction and strategic planning committee in Karbala’s provincial council, Abbas Nasser Hassani, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The holy Shiite city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1