Iraq has awarded a contract for the design of a 3.6-km dam that will take nearly three years to be completed, the official Iraqi daily Alsabh has reported. 

The Water Resources Ministry has finalised an agreement for design work for 'Makhoul Dam' in the Central Saladin Governorate, the daily said,  quoting Kadhim Sahar, Director of the Dams Authority at the Ministry. 

Sahar said the Ministry has agreed with firms from Britain, Italy and Serbia to prepare designs for the project, which will be launched in early 2022. 

“The Planning Ministry has allocated funds from the 2021 budget for the first stage of the dam project, which is the largest in Iraq,” he said without identifying those firms. 

Iraqi officials said this year the project, which also comprises bridges and other facilities,  would have a storage capacity of nearly 3.3 billion cubic metres (BCM) of water. 

The project, which will utilise water of Tigris River in irrigation, could be finished in late 2024 or early 2025, according to officials. 

(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com)

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