A World Bank delegation met with officials from Iraq’s Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities on Thursday to discuss a loan for water infrastructure and public service projects.
The meeting included World Bank specialists in water and infrastructure, along with Hussein Kazem, Director General of the ministry’s General Directorate of Water, and Ihsan Sattar, head of the Department of Externally Funded Projects.
The discussions focused on a World Bank loan for integrated services and healthy rivers. The planned projects include a water supply system for villages in Al-Husseiniya, Karbala province, with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters per hour. The loan will also cover a sewerage project in another Iraqi province.
Construction Minister Ribaz Hamlan said the ministry remains committed to working with the World Bank and will continue supporting and facilitating the bank’s financing activities.