Day: January 16, 2023

Under the supervision of the Directorate of Housing, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, work continued on the Al-Dabuni residential project in Wasit Governorate, with an 80% completion rate, as the contract cost of the project after the appeal amounted to (36.177.000) billion dinars, and the number of housing units amounted to (255) houses.
The project was described as having two types of residential houses, type (A), with a number of (155) houses, with an approximate building area of (130) m2, with three bedrooms and services, and type (B), with (100) houses, with an approximate built-up area of (119) m2, with two bedrooms and its services.
The complex also contains public services (primary school with a capacity of 18 classrooms, market, administrative building, guard room, telephone exchange with service networks (pure water and fire, rainwater drainage network, sewerage network, external and internal electrical networks, telephone, external site works from external fences, streets, sidewalks, walkways, parking lots, and landscape works (yards, rest areas, landscaping, afforestation and furniture, etc.)

The Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, Mr. Bankin Rikani, confirmed the work on drawing up a housing policy supported by accurate data, consistent with the population increase and human density witnessed by Baghdad and the rest of the provinces. This came during his visit to the Directorate of Housing, one of the Ministry’s formations, and his meeting with the management and staff of the Directorate and officials of the resident engineer’s directorates for housing projects.
Mr. Minister stressed during the meeting on addressing previous mistakes, advancing the housing sector, and providing facilities for the discreet and effective private sector to participate in achieving development and increasing the balance of housing units for all segments of society, referring to the Ministry’s progress within the government program with the new residential cities project, as part of its endeavor to support the housing sector.
Mr. Minister directed the officials of the resident engineer directorates to submit a new work progress schedule for projects, and to withdraw work immediately from lagging companies and also from companies that recorded deviation rates of 10%.