(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has signed a contract with a British construction company called Couberjais and an Iraqi construction company called Er-Ridha to build Karbala International Airport.
The purpose behind building an airport is to facilitate the coming of pilgrims who come, from all over the world, to make pilgrimage to Imam Hussein (as).
The chief engineer of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine said that the capacity of the airport is more than 2 million persons, and the time to achieve the project is 18 months. ADBI French Company has completed the design of the airport; the runway will be the longest one among all the airports in Iraq.
The airport will also be a great asset for the economy of the holy city of Karbala and other middle cities of Iraq where manpower is greatly employed.
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source : Imamhussain
Saturday
21 January 2017
11:45:02 AM
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Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has signed a contract with a British construction company and an Iraqi construction company build Karbala International Airport.