Baghdad – WAA – Mohammed Al-Talibi
Baghdad Governorate set a time frame today, Monday, for completing the five strategic sewage projects on the outskirts of the capital. While indicating that there is a government priority for their implementation, it confirmed work on implementing water projects in areas suffering from a lack of services.
Baghdad Governor’s Technical Assistant Hani Abdullah told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The governorate has 5 strategic infrastructure projects related to sanitation, including the Abu Ghraib, Sabaa Al-Bour, Al-Nahrawan, Al-Rashidiya, and Al-Wahda sewage projects, and the government has identified them as a current priority.”
He added, “The implementation of these projects began last March and continued until July, when the Abu Ghraib and Sabaa Al-Bour sewage projects were launched, and we focused on areas on the outskirts of Baghdad that suffer from a lack of services.”
He continued, “The Abu Ghraib project serves 139,000 people, and Sabaa Al-Bour 136,000, while the Nahrawan district project serves 400,000 people due to its high population density. We hope to complete all projects within 3 years, after which we will launch other projects in those areas that include paving, tiling, and roads as a second phase.”
He pointed out that “the governorate also has plans to establish water projects in those areas and we are waiting for them to be included in the budget by the Ministry of Planning.”
Earlier this July, Baghdad Governorate launched the Abu Ghraib and Sabaa Al-Bour sewage projects.