25 new power projects in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra‘s provincial council has approved 25 new electricity projects. “The total cost of the projects will exceed ID40 billion,” a source from the council said in a release on Saturday received by IraqiNews.com news agency. He explained that the projects embrace the three stages of power supply: generation, transportation, and distribution. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 3