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Government launches $730m urban renewal project for Baghdad’s Sadr City
16/06/2011 11:52
Baghdad, June 16 (AKnews) – The Iraqi government is plowing $730 million into the first stage of the rehabilitation of Sadr City – with plans to build 82,000 housing units.
Baghdad’s municipal undersecretary Naeem al-Kaabi told AKnews that the government has put out to tender the construction project that has been designed by a British firm.
Companies from Turkey, Iran and Malaysia are expected to submit their proposals in the coming days.
“The Municipality of Baghdad is working to accelerate the completion of the project, which will house displaced persons and the families of those killed or missing in action,” he said.
Sadr City – officially called the Thawra District - is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. It was built in 1959 by Prime minister Abdul Karim Qassim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after the deceased Shia leader Mohammed mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr.
Run down after being badly neglected under the rule of Saddam Hussein, the housing project is currently home to more than 3 million of the Iraqi capital’s Shiite Muslims.
Reported by Jaafar al-Wannan
Rn/Ka/AKnews
16/06/2011 11:52
Baghdad, June 16 (AKnews) – The Iraqi government is plowing $730 million into the first stage of the rehabilitation of Sadr City – with plans to build 82,000 housing units.
Baghdad’s municipal undersecretary Naeem al-Kaabi told AKnews that the government has put out to tender the construction project that has been designed by a British firm.
Companies from Turkey, Iran and Malaysia are expected to submit their proposals in the coming days.
“The Municipality of Baghdad is working to accelerate the completion of the project, which will house displaced persons and the families of those killed or missing in action,” he said.
Sadr City – officially called the Thawra District - is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. It was built in 1959 by Prime minister Abdul Karim Qassim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after the deceased Shia leader Mohammed mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr.
Run down after being badly neglected under the rule of Saddam Hussein, the housing project is currently home to more than 3 million of the Iraqi capital’s Shiite Muslims.
Reported by Jaafar al-Wannan
Rn/Ka/AKnews
