Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hassan al- Kaabi announced on Thursday that the budget for 2019 included allocations for the implementation of large projects "suspended" will limit the intense traffic in Baghdad, while the deputies praised the capital of the efforts of the Secretariat in the withdrawal and drainage of rain water. 

Al-Kaabi's office said in a statement received by Alsumaria News that the latter "chaired the second deliberative meeting at the headquarters of the Secretariat of Baghdad, to discuss the most important service problems experienced by the capital, and the possibility of finding solutions to them as soon as possible."

Al-Kaabi's office explained that "the meeting was attended by a number of deputies from the Baghdad bloc of deputies, and the memory of Alush, the Secretary of the capital Baghdad, and the Deputy Municipal Affairs Karim al-Bukhati and general managers in the Secretariat." 

He explained that "the meeting discussed a number of issues related to the budget of the Secretariat of the capital and the problems plaguing the capital Baghdad, especially the service, including municipal services and water and sewage networks and maintenance of roads and rehabilitation of areas that have recently lifted the concrete barriers there, as well as a severe shortage of mechanisms reflected Negatively on the service reality. " 

"Everyone should give greater attention to Baghdad as the political and commercial capital of Iraq, not to mention its historical and cultural significance," Al-Kaabi was quoted as saying. "It should be seen as fitting for its name."

Al-Kaabi pointed out that "the coming period will witness the convening of conferences and the presence of delegations of Arab and international large and requires preparation for more services," stressing that "the budget of 2019 included the addition of large allocations intended to complete the large projects that were started during the past years and stopped because of the suspension of privatization, And its implementation will reflect positively on the provision of better service to the Baghdadi and in particular to reduce the fierce traffic witnessed by the entrances of the capital and its internal roads. " 

For her part, Alloush reviewed the plans of her service and municipal departments and directed the Secretariat to manage the waste sector, the problems of slums and construction in the agricultural lands and its coverage of the services, and provided a detailed explanation on the preparations of its departments to drain the rain water and the ongoing preparations in this regard.

The statement also said that "the deputies praised the great efforts of the Secretariat, especially the great efforts that have been in the past few days in the withdrawal and discharge of rainwater that hit our beloved capital during the current winter season.