9 water projects in al-Muthanna

AL-MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: Five water projects were finalized in al-Muthanna, funded by the 2008 budget, while four other projects that received funding from international donors were also executed in the province, al-Muthanna’s water directorate said on Wednesday. “The total cost of the projects that were funded through al-Muthanna’s 2008 budget was 5.473 billion Iraqi diners,” Maythem Mahdi Nsayef, the directorate’s media spokesperson, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Donation countries and international humanitarian organizations funded the four other projects,” he said. Samawa, the capital city of al-Muthanna province, lies 280 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1