Talafar-Zemar water project opened

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: The Talafar-Zemar water project was opened on Monday at a cost of 22 billion Iraqi dinars, the chairman of the Talafar council said. “The Talafar-Zemar water project was opened on Monday (Oct. 19) after the Fao general construction company finalized the second and the last stage of it at a cost of ID 22 billion,” Hussein Mohammad Ali told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Works started at the project in 1989 and its first stage was finalized in 2005 at a cost of 6.66.351 billion,” the chairman of the reconstruction committee said. “The project provides Talafar and Zemar region with drinking water,” Abbas Wahab said. Talafar is 60 km northwest of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1