Basra council endorses 49 service projects at ID130b

BASRA / Aswat a-Iraq: The Basra Provincial Council on Saturday endorsed 49 services projects in the fields of health and water at a total cost of 130 billion Iraqi dinars (ID), financed from the oil proceeds and border outlet revenues in the province, according to the council’s deputy chairman. “The council approved 27 water projects at 88.6 billion dinars and 22 projects in the health domain at 42.6 billion dinars,” Ahmed al-Seleity told IraqiNews.com news agency. The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to the sea, lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 3