Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Planning, Muhammad Ali Tamim, chaired today, Thursday, a meeting of the current railway rehabilitation team, as part of the practical steps to implement the development road project.
The ministry stated in a statement, ‘During the meeting, which was attended by the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Technical Affairs, Mohamed Al-Daraji, the Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Planning and Transport, and a number of general directors and heads of departments in the Ministries of Finance, Planning, Transport, Housing and Municipalities, the stages, mechanisms and costs of rehabilitating the existing railway lines were discussed.’ , extending from Basra Governorate to Baghdad, and from Baghdad to the Fish Khabour port in Nineveh Governorate, with the extension of a new line from Shuaiba area to Basra Governorate.
The statement added, “The meeting witnessed a discussion of the mechanisms for including the project, the required financial allocations, and assigning the Ministry of T
ransport to prepare plans and designs according to the specific sections of the railway.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency