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5-storey garage project in Basra

November 13, 2008 - 08:29:04

BASRA / Aswat al-Iraq: The general company for designs and industrial construction started on Thursday to implement a project to set up a five-storey garage in Basra with a total cost of 5 billion Iraqi dinars ($4.160 million), the project’s supervisor said.
“The project includes setting up a 5-storey garage and commercial stores on the main road in al-Ushar region in central Basra,” Engineer Alaa Abdulaziz told Aswat al-Iraq.
“Each storey will have a capacity for 50 cars with a total capacity around 300 cars,” he added, noting that the project is the first of its kind in the southern region.
Basra, 590 km (340 miles) south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, has an estimated metropolitan population of 2,300,000 in 2008.
Basra, a Shiite province with 20% of the population are Sunnis, is the cradle of the first civilization of Sumer. It has the seven main Iraqi ports. The first built in Islam 14 A.H. (After Hegira), the city played an important role in early Islamic history.
The area surrounding Basra has substantial petroleum resources and many oil wells. The city’s oil refinery has a production capacity of about 140,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The only Iraqi outlet to the sea, Basra is in a fertile agricultural region, with major products including rice, maize corn, barley, pearl millet, wheat and dates as well as livestock.
A network of canals flowed through the city, giving it the nickname “The Venice of the Middle East” at least at high tide.
The only Iraqi outlet to the sea, Basra has the commercial ports of Iraq.

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