12 trillion dinars to develop infrastructure in Basra

Basra Governorate Council intends to ratify soon on strategic projects at a cost of up to 12 Trliuna and 500 billion dinars for the development of infrastructure projects within the development of the regions for the current year 2014 and the coming years.

This comes at a time when it endorsed the agricultural sector projects at a cost of 93 billion dinars.

16 projects

Chairman of the Board, Dr. Khalaf Abdul Samad said the "morning": that "the Council intends to ratify the 16 projects strategically different," noting that it (the project) include the establishment of a power station in Faw and implementation of the project Medical City project lined channel innovation, in addition to the project, which is It is among the largest projects to build 50 000 housing units, as well as projects for the reconstruction of the infrastructure of the province.

He noted that the council approved the projects of the agricultural sector at a cost of 93 billion dinars, noting that priority was given to projects of the Green Belt and livestock development in the province.

Re-examination

For his part, member of the Finance Committee and the follow-up assignments in the council, Sheikh Ahmed Al Sulaiti, the absence of a number of members for the special meeting (surprising), although officially notified to appear for a hearing to discuss a plan this year to 2014.

He Sulaiti "morning", said the projects submitted by the province accompanied by a lot of confusion, which calls for a re-examination and audit.

He explained that the Council will resume its sessions to complete the extraordinary endorsement of the plan projects this year after he completed the unification of the specialized committees observations that emerged in the plan and discuss with the Planning and Development and the Directorate of government contracts in the Office of the province on those observations.

The amounts allocated to the development of the regions of Basra in the budget year 2014 up to about 6 trillion and 500 billion dinars, calculated on the basis of $ 5 per barrel of oil or plant product in the provinces of oil.

Projects parked

The faces of some infrastructure projects obstacles, as the draft ringworm of Basra and the city of Andalus residential they were transferred since 2013 but had not been implemented yet. This regard, says a source in the investment committee in the Basra provincial council said in a statement: "The provincial council Akef to pass the infrastructure projects and implementation During this year to enable the citizens to benefit from these projects. "and the source said the" Office of the province presented a project to grant advances to nationals Tune fifty million dinars for the purchase of residential units, which made the investment committee to address the companies providing facilities bigger pay premiums for beneficiaries of the predecessor government local. "

The Office of the province had confirmed prepared a comprehensive plan over the next two years, through the distribution of residential land, as well as to provide advances suitable for construction, as well as building a number of residential complexes and to encourage investment and create the appropriate atmosphere for him.

The news agencies quoted the governor of Basra, told Majed Nasraoui in which he stressed that the local government encourages investment projects and is working on the creation of appropriate conditions for its operation.

The Office of the province referred a number of residential complexes and low cost to the foreign companies, as work began to build more than six thousand apartment during the year 2013.


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