"""Iraq announces work to begin on Diyala power plant
2013-05-09
The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity on Thursday (May 9th) announced that France's Alstom has started building a 730 megawatt power plant in Diyala province.
"The project, which the French company has begun to execute, is one of the biggest projects in the country's energy sector, given that the plant consists of four electricity-generating units," ministry spokesman Musaab al-Mudarres told Al-Shorfa.
The $540 million power plant will operate using natural gas extracted from al-Mansouriyah gas field in Diyala, al-Mudarres said, adding that the project is slated to be completed within 18 months."""
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new Basrah-Baghdad train tracks. Iraq plans to make dual tracks for high speed passenger trains as well as Freight transport from the southern ports to northern *and western Iraq as well as neighboring countries. However, lack of funds and delay in passing the infrastructure law in the parliament is delaying much of the plans.*
Basrah Sport city
Basrah 400 bed University hospital, low quality render, built by a Turkish firm.*
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