ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The head of the Mosul Provincial Council describes the continued closure of roads between Mosul and the Kurdistan Region as a “major problem” that affects the lives of people in and outside the city.
Head of the Council Bashar Kiki told Rudaw that nearly half a million people from Mosul still live in camps in the Kurdistan Region and those who may wish to go home have no roads to use.
He said that he has met “With Peshmerga commanders on Nawaran and Mosul dam fronts and they promised to open it in in the coming days.”
Kiki said he has also raised the issue with Kurdish government officials.
Roads between Mosul and the Kurdistan Region were open until relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq soured in October following an Iraqi invasion into the disputed territories.
Kiki said that “Eighty percent of the Old Mosul is devastated,” and that open roads in and out of the city will help the reconstruction process.
Khazir, Nawaran and Mosul dam are three major roads that connect Erbil and Duhok to Mosul.
The Khazir road is open, Kiki said.
Kiki meanwhile called on the Iraqi central government to have an organized plan for clearing the city of debris and rebuild the city in order to bring life back to normal for its residents.
Head of the Council Bashar Kiki told Rudaw that nearly half a million people from Mosul still live in camps in the Kurdistan Region and those who may wish to go home have no roads to use.
He said that he has met “With Peshmerga commanders on Nawaran and Mosul dam fronts and they promised to open it in in the coming days.”
Kiki said he has also raised the issue with Kurdish government officials.
Roads between Mosul and the Kurdistan Region were open until relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq soured in October following an Iraqi invasion into the disputed territories.
Kiki said that “Eighty percent of the Old Mosul is devastated,” and that open roads in and out of the city will help the reconstruction process.
Khazir, Nawaran and Mosul dam are three major roads that connect Erbil and Duhok to Mosul.
The Khazir road is open, Kiki said.
Kiki meanwhile called on the Iraqi central government to have an organized plan for clearing the city of debris and rebuild the city in order to bring life back to normal for its residents.
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