World Bank Loan Discussions Focus on Water and Sewerage Projects

By John Lee.

A World Bank delegation has met with officials from the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities to discuss a loan covering integrated services and water infrastructure projects.

The meeting, held on Thursday, included specialists in water and infrastructure from the World Bank, alongside Hussein Kazem, Director General of the ministry's General Directorate of Water, and Ihsan Sattar, Director of the Department of Externally Funded Projects.

Discussions covered a World Bank loan designated for integrated services and healthy rivers, which includes a water supply project for the villages of Al-Husseiniya in Karbala governorate with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres per hour, as well as a sewerage project in another governorate.

Minister of Construction Ribaz Hamlan affirmed the ministry's commitment to maintaining its relationship with the World Bank and to facilitating the bank's financing activities.

(Source: Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities)

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