The Iraqi Industry Ministry has finalized the project to rehabilitate the al-Fatiha Bridge in Baiji (Bayji), north of Tikrit city. “This bridge is considered one of the biggest, most important bridges in Iraq, because it links the two provinces of Salah al-Din and Kirkuk,” the ministry said in a statement on Sunday, received by Aswat […]
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$300m "Squandered" in Diyala for Electricity
An advisor to the governor of Diyala revealed on Thursday that the sum of $300 million was “squandered” in payments to Iran for the supply of electricity. “Iran’s Karmanshah line that supplies Diyala with electric power since 2004 caused the waste of $300 million paid to the Iranians, despite beign a mediocre service that provides […]
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Baghdad Council Releases $85m to Baghdad Mayoralty
The Baghdad Provincial Council has decided to release ID102 billion [$85m] to the Baghdad Mayoralty, to complete a number of services projects in the Iraqi capital. “This is the second dispatch of funds allocated to the Baghdad Mayoralty according to the budget to develop regions,” the mayoralty said in a release on Monday received by […]
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Major Campaign to Reduce Electricity Theft in Basra
A major campaign kicked off in Basra on Sunday to clamp down on the theft of electricity from the grid. Basra police chief Maj. Gen. Adel Dahham, speaking in a statement to "Eye Media" on the role of security services, said "military and police forces worked with the electricity departments in a campaign to stop […]
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Iraq Disputes so-called 'Friendship Dam'
According to a report from AK News, the Iraqi government has increased its diplomatic efforts with Syria and Turkey regarding their plans for the Tigris River. "Iraq will form a delegation of experts in the fields of water and agriculture to visit Turkey, Syria and Iran soon, to persuade those countries on the size of […]
Iran to Supply Electricity to Northern Iraq
(Source: IRNA) IRNA, the Iranian news agency, reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran is willing to supply electricity to northern Iraq. The managing director of Kurdistan's electricity department said the Iranian electricity distribution company will supply electricity to the Iraqi national grid at the border town of Bashmag, in northern Iraq. "According to an […]
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Electricity Minister Offers to Quit After Violent Demos
(Sources: AFP, Associated Press) Iraqi Electricity Minister, Karim Wahid, offered to resign on Monday after a wave of bloody street protests demanding his dismissal over harsh power rationing in the scorching summer heat. Public anger with the work of the electricity ministry has boiled over in recent days as temperatures have hit highs of 54 […]
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Water Management Project Starts in Karbala
The Iraqi Water Resources Ministry began work on Tuesday to implement a water management project in Karbala province. “The project is to be executed by the ministry’s staff,” the ministry said in a release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It said that the project is funded by Iraq with ID5 billion, but executed […]
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Water Resources Ministry Reclaims 3,500 Hectares in Karbala
The water resources ministry has finalized the reclamation of 14,000 donums [3,500 hectares] in al-Husseiniya area in Karbala province, at a total cost of 11.363 billion Iraqi dinars [$10m], according to a ministry press release. “Technicians and engineers of the ministry’s general organization for irrigation and reclamation projects finalized works of contract 23 of the […]
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Mosul Dam Repairs to be Completed by Germans
Atheel Al-Nejaifi, legal eng., Nineveh governor has met German company representatives from "Power", which is under contract to repair the Mosul dam. The company will construct a concrete core in the dam deep beneath the dam’s foundations. Work will start soon once discussions with the water resources ministry are completed. ( Eye media company )
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Lack of Water Could Shut Thermal and Hydro Power Plants
Low water levels from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers may force Iraq to shut down its thermal and hydro power plants, a government spokesman said. The spokesman, refusing to be named, said the volume of water reaching Iraq from the two rivers, which originate in Turkey, had fallen to unprecedented levels and may eventually not […]