Canal finalized at ID8.2b in Missan

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Irrigation technicians in Missan on Friday finalized works to dig a canal in Missan at a total cost of 8.2 billion Iraqi dinars (ID), roughly $3.5 million, a local official said. “Engineers from the water resources ministry’s General Organization for the Implementation of Irrigation & Reclamation Projects finalized excavation works for the 32-km-long Kessiba irrigation canal 32 km east of al-Amara city,” Eng. Naji Jakhyour told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The project falls within the Provincial Development Budget (PDB) projects for the year 2008,” he added. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1