Iraq has awarded a project to expand Al-Sadr City in the capital Baghdad to a consortium of two UAE and Jordanian firms, the local media has reported. 

The consortium comprises Dubai-based Am Tech Company and the Jordanian Consolidated Consultants Group (CCG), the official Iraqi news agency said, quoting Baghdad’s Mayor Ala Maan. 

“We have awarded Al-Sadr project to AM  Tech and CCG…it is a long-term project that will be  completed within 7 years,” Maan said without providing further details. 

On Wednesday, Iraqi cabinet secretary general Hamid Al-Ghazi said the consultancy contract for the project has also been awarded to a consortium of companies. 

The project involves the construction of nearly 90,000 houses in Al-Sad to ease crowding as well as new facilities and services. 

Ghazi said authorities are working to evaluate the costs of the expansion project in Al-Sadr, a key district suburb of Baghdad that was formerly known as “Saddam City” and has a population of nearly one million.

(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)

 
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