– The Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, Bengin Rikani, chaired the first meeting of the team to solve the housing problem in Iraq, which was recently approved by the Council of Ministers, in the presence of the head of the Board of Advisors, the Mayor of Baghdad, the head of the National Investment Commission and representatives of the rest of the concerned authorities.
Rikani said, according to a ministry statement, that one of the team’s tasks is planning and supervising the new residential cities project within the government program, and working to make them smart, sustainable, environmentally friendly, and attractive cities.
He added: “The team will work on setting standards for construction and others for comparison between developers and investors, in addition to working on distributing a percentage of the serviced lands to citizens, and preparing roads around and linking to these cities.”/ End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency