BAGHDAD Apr 25 A 180 kilometer long Irrigation project has been built In the southern part of Iraq to help irrigate desert land to boost agricultural development, the official Iraq news agency re ported today says Xinhua

The project will irrigate 60.000 donums I more than 5.000 hectares) ®f land in southern Iraq

Starting on July 28 last year about 6.000 engineers and workers and 4.000 heavy machines have been mobilized io excavate a total of 120 million cubic meters of earth to complete the project