24 March 2010
KARBALA - A committee has been formed in Karbala on Wednesday to specify fees for sand transportation from the province to other places in Iraq.

"The process aims at increasing Karbala revenues in 2010," Tareq al-Kheqani, a member of the Karbala Provincial Council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that the new revenues will be devoted to dealing with humanitarian issues in Karbala.

The holy city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of Baghdad.

© Aswat Aliraq 2010