Transportation: We are working to activate mass transportation in the cities of Sadr and Shula, 2 APRIL

 Transportation: We are working to activate mass transportation in the cities of Sadr and Shula

Economy News - Baghdaddad

The General Company for Passenger Transport and delegations in the Ministry of Transport announced on Sunday the start of activating a mass transport line in some areas of Baghdad passing through the center and south of the capital, while confirming that the next phase will include the areas of Sadr City and Shula.

The company's general manager, Karim Kazem Hussein, said in a statement reported by the official news agency, and seen by "Economy News", that "under the guidance of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and under the direct supervision of Transport Minister Razzaq Muhaibis, the company began today in the fourth station to activate mass transport in a number of areas of Baghdad."

He added, "This line will start from the Bismayah area towards Jurf al-Naddaf and Diyala Bridge, then the Canal Road, then the Mashtal Intersection towards New Baghdad, and take the Mohammed al-Qasim highway through the Bab al-Sharqi intersection in central Baghdad, as well as the Nahda intersection, then Sheikh Omar and ending with Bab al-Mu'azzam and back again."

"This axis is the fourth out of 72 axes that will be activated successively on all provinces and areas of Baghdad province," he said, noting that "there is a plan to expand also towards other provinces."

"The next phase will be towards the most densely populated areas towards Sadr City and the torch area, as we have a plan in the coming weeks to start these lines," he said.