In a press statement issued here in connection with his 88th birth anniversary of the PPP leader said that
great ZAB raised the slogans of 'Roti, Kapra aur Makan' for the prosperity of marginalized members of the society.
"The funding for the project is US$98 million and allocated from the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources, and it will be constructed on a branch of the
Great Zab River." The project is expected to be handed over to the implementing party in the near future.While the main objective of the project is agriculture and irrigation, it would have important positive effects on other sectors such as tourism and electricity.
Specialists believe it was an ancient city probably located near the upper
Great Zab River between Lake Urumiyeh and Lake Van in Anatolia.
Iraqi soldiers struggled to hold control of the village of Khazer a day after withdrawing about six miles from vast fortifications overlooking Kurdish-held Kalak, which includes two bridges crossing the wide
Great Zab River.
We drove or slid along mud roads, and at the
Great Zab River we waited for a makeshift raft of planks hammered onto empty oil barrels that was propelled across the water by two tiny motor-driven punts.
Erbil city received its water from the Ifraz project, which is derived from the
Great Zab River as well as several wells.