PM: Dhi Qar will witness a great reconstruction campaign

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced that Dhi Qar Governorate will witness a major reconstruction campaign, while noting that there are projects to expand 20 cities. 

Al- Kadhimi said in his speech during the opening of the Dhi Qar Governorate Reconstruction Fund Projects Conference, "We intend to re-develop Dhi Qar Governorate by forming the Provincial Reconstruction Council, to oversee the implementation of projects cost one thousand three hundred billion dinars allocated to the governorate, and we first The electricity file is of paramount importance.  

He explained, "there are projects to expand 20 cities belonging to the governorate as part of a plan to break the population bottlenecks in the governorate's cities. 

And he stated, "The committee succeeded in opening the Al Naser Bridge, which has been put off for 9 years, and paving the so-called (Death Road) in less than a month, and the committee will provide pure water to about 230,000 people." 

He pointed out that "putting the cornerstone stone development project for the Nasiriyah airport, which will make the province a location and a destination for historical religious tourism," noting that "His Holiness the Pope of the Vatican blessed it during his visit to the Ziggurat of Ur and the shrine of the Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him)."  

And he added, "The governorate witnessed the opening of the Nasiriyah  power station, as well as the opening of the industrial city, which contains hundreds of factories, according to what is allocated by the Governorate Reconstruction Fund," directing "the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers to supervise the instructions for the Fund, and to prepare the schedule for vital projects that directly touch with the citizens." In the province, supervision, follow-up and financing. 

He stressed, "The work has actually begun with the direct referral of more than 100 projects within the sectors of electricity, health, infrastructure, roads and bridges, youth and sports," stressing that "Dhi Qar Governorate is on the verge of a major reconstruction campaign, for one goal which is to serve the citizens of Dhi Qar and meet their true demands."