Brigadier Ali Shani, head of the media department of the Basra governorate council, told reporters after a meeting with USAID representatives that part of the money granted will be spent to renovate houses, schools and hospitals and modernise road networks in the Basra city.
Abdul-Hussein Khazal, another Basra governorate official, also told journalists that $17 million will be spent on renovating and modernising the Jenina street, one of the most important commercial streets in the city. He added that the Iraqi government has allocated a $114 million budget for the reconstruction of Basra during 2005.
