Erbil is classified as the cleanest city in Iraq

ARK News… Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, was classified as the cleanest city in Iraq, and Basra as the most polluted city in the country, according to a survey conducted by an Iraqi TV channel that included all the provinces of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

A spokesman for the Erbil municipality, Siyamand Karim, told BasNews that according to a survey conducted by an Iraqi TV channel in all governorates of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq on the cleanliness of cities, carried out by experts and supporters of environmental protection, Erbil was classified as the cleanest city in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, while it was classified Basra as the most polluted city.

Karim added that another city ranked among the cleanest cities in Iraq, Diyala city, whose residents were affected by the people of Erbil, where they spent years of displacement before returning to their city.

Siyamand Karim indicated that the problem of garbage collection in the Kani Qarjala area in Erbil has been solved, pointing to the possibility of using these waste dumps in the future to generate electric power.

He also pointed to plans to build a modern waste recycling plant in Erbil, and that it will be put up for investment after the necessary preparations are completed.

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