Thursday, April 26, 2007
Italians sign US$ 40 mn contract with Kurdistan to supply electricity
Reconstruction, Kurdistan
(VOI) - Iraq's Kurdistan’s Ministry of Electricity on Wednesday signed a contract with the Italian company ELC, guaranteeing consultations about the restoration of the Darbendikhan and Doukan dams, which supply the Kurdistan region with electricity. "Kurdistan region's Minister of Electricity Hoshyar Siwaily signed a contract with representatives of ELC, an Italian company, to obtain consultations for the restoration of the Darbendikhan and Doukan dams," the ministry announced in a statement that the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) obtained a copy of. According to the statement, the restoration work will cost around U.S. $40 million, funded by the World Bank. The Darbendikhan and Doukan dams are two of the most ancient dams in the city, built across the Lesser Zab and Sirwan rivers in Sulaymaniya in the 1950s and 1960s to supply the region with electricity.
Labels: Darbendikhan dam, Doukan dam, ELC, Hoshyar Siwaily, Italy Kurdistan electricity, Sulaymaniyah, World Bank
