Basra launches Palm City project
According to Shafaq, Al-Eidani claimed the city is planned to be environmentally clean and sustainable, with 120,000 residential units, industrial zones, and universities.
Al-Eidani disclosed that three prominent construction companies and contractors — the Egyptian Mountain View Company, Al-Safi Group, and China Railway Construction Corporation — had achieved an agreement to work on the project.
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