Ninewa’s main roads paved

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A local company has initiated work on a project to pave the main roads in Telkef district, Ninewa province, at a total cost of 1 billion Iraqi dinars, according to the district’s mayor. “The money has been allocated by the central government in Baghdad,” Talkeef Mayor Bassem Balo told IraqiNews.com. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). SS (P)/SR 1