New civil defense building in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: A new civil defense building has been finalized at the al-Husseiniya district, north of the holy Shiite city of Karbala at a total cost of more than ID1.040 billion. “The project was carried out by a local firm,” Eng. Nsayef Jassim al-Khattabi, the Karbala Provincial Council’s deputy head, told IraqiNews.com news agency on Saturday. He said that the building is the first of its kind in al-Husseiniya, (20 km) north of Karbala, and was finalized within seven months in accordance with the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s investment plan of 2008. Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. MH (P)/AmR 1