Al-Sudani directs to settle expropriations along the path of the (Development Road Project)

Baghdad: Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani directed to settle expropriations along the path of the (Development Road Project). The Prime Minister's Media Office stated in a statement that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired, today, Sunday, the periodic meeting of the Supreme Committee for the Development Road Project, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, the Director of the Prime Minister's Office, the Chairman of the Investment Authority, and a number of officials in the Ministries of Planning, Oil, Electricity and Communications, and the Prime Minister's advisors. The statement indicated that "the meeting witnessed a review of the progress made in the Grand Faw Port, and the Minister of Transport reviewed the implementation procedures achieved, in light of the decisions of previous meetings, and the follow-up of the expropriation file and the resolution of conflicts with the Ministries of Oil and Electricity, and with other ministries and governorates." The meeting approved "the formation of a joint committee that includes in its membership the Ministry of Transport / General Railways Company, the Ministry of Finance / State Real Estate Department, the Ministry of Water Resources / General Survey Authority, the Ministry of Agriculture / Department of Agricultural Lands, the Ministry of Construction and Housing / General Municipalities Directorate and the Roads and Bridges Department, which is responsible for preparing cadastro maps for the lands through which the project paths pass, and determining the ownership of those lands and its legal description, and work on expropriating it for the benefit of the Ministry of Transport, in accordance with the laws and decisions in force, or those required to be created, to proceed with the expropriation required to complete the project. The legal vision for managing the development road project and the Grand Faw Port through a special law was also reviewed, taking into ac count similar experiences in the region and the world, and the vision for transferring energy within the project, in addition to the diplomatic file that includes explaining the dimensions of the project to friendly countries, and countries wishing to join and participate in the implementation, or the contribution of their companies to the investment opportunities that will be provided by the general framework of the development road path. The Prime Minister directed to resolve the requirements of the ministerial meeting of the Quadripartite Committee formed in light of the memorandum of understanding signed between Iraq and Turkey, Qatar, and the Emirates. Source: National Iraqi News Agency