Kareem Waheed, minister of Electricity has inaugurated the reopening of Al-Rasheed, Al-Dibs gas stations which will supply about 65 mega watts of power to Kerkok province. A statement showed that these two stations were working in the 80's and had stopped. Today, their production is 31 mega watts. The project will be managed by an […]
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Baghdad Water Shortage ‘Solved in 20 Months’
The water shortage problem in Baghdad will be solved in 20 months, the Baghdad Mayor Sabir al-Issawi said on Monday. “Stage – 1 of the Rusafa giant water project that will be soon finished will produce around 910 thousand cubic meters of water per day,” al-Issawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the […]
Access to Water in Middle East & North Africa World's Lowest
People in the Arab world need fuller and freer information about shrinking water supplies but their governments are withholding it for fear of fuelling unrest, a United Nations expert said on Thursday. Arable land makes up just 4.2 percent of the Middle East and North Africa and is expected to shrink due to climate change […]
Italian Companies in Strategic Study of Water Resources
According to Eye media company, the Ministry of Water Resources announced that they will began negotiations with Italian companies on a strategic study of water and land in Iraq. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Water Resources, the ministry announced that it was preparing a strategic study for long-term water resources. This […]
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Baghdad Construction Projects
This month (March 2010), investment permits have been awarded to several projects in Baghdad including companies working in the fields of housing, tourism and hotels. “Eight investment permits have been given to a number of companies. Housing projects were given a priority,” the Investment Commission in Baghdad said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq […]
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Basra Jail needs water
Basra Governor, Sheltagh Abboud al-Mayah, discussed on Monday with a delegation from the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). “The meeting tackled ways of providing the Basra central jail with water until completion of the al-Bahadriya project,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The governor suggested fixing five U.S. generators in the former presidential palaces […]
Italians to Study Water / Land
Iraqi Water Resources Ministry has started negotiations with Italian firms to carry out a strategic study of Iraq’s water and land. “The study will be into Iraq’s future water policy,” the Ministry said is a release on Monday received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It said that the study will consider different factors including environmental […]
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Kirkuk Emergency Meeting with US
The Kirkuk council has held an emergency meeting with the U.S. forces and the local reconstruction center to discuss joint projects, a local media source said on Sunday. “The meeting tackled joint projects that could be carried out by the U.S. forces and the Kirkuk Reconstruction Center to improve the city’s services …,” the source […]
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Electricity boost for Diwaniya
In cooperation with the local government, the U.S. reconstruction team has inaugurated an electricity transformer station that supplies power to 10 neighborhoods in Diwaniya. “The station will reduce the load currently placed on the stations of al-Jazaer and al-Malaab,” a media advisor in the team, Ahmed al-Quseer, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The cost of […]
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Electricity Ministry Produces Lighting Columns
The Iraqi Electricity Ministry has been able to produce lighting columns at competitive pricing. “The prices of produced columns are greatly reduced in comparison to those on the local market,” a media source from the Ministry told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the pillars were produced by the Ministry’s own efforts. ( Aswat […]
$25m for New Bridge in Mosul
Mosul's traffic jams are to be reduced with the construction of a new bridge in the city, costing a total of ID30 billion ($25m). Ninewa's Governor, Athele al-Nujaifi, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency that a specialised local firm will execute the project.
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$20m for 2nd Stage of Road Project
The Iraqi Ministry of Finance has allocated 25 billion Iraqi dinars (about $20m) for the second stage of a road project linking Diwaniya to Samawa, according to Aswat Al Iraq. During its session on 29th Dec 2009, the Iraqi cabinet agreed to earmark ID61 billion (about $51m) for the project, which is being carried out […]