Local companies to implement ID4bn projects in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The provincial council in Basra has referred projects worth 4 billion Iraqi dinars to local companies, a local official said on Wednesday. “The decision will help support local companies and give them an opportunity to compete with foreign firms,” the head of the development and construction committee in the council, Mostafa Atiya, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1