Raisi inaugurates several projects in southern Iran
During his second visit to Fars Province, President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated many development and infrastructure projects in various sectors.
The Shiraz-Isfahan freeway as well as eight major water transfer projects were among the most important inaugurated projects, according to president.ir.
With a total length of about 213 kilometers, the freeway has been constructed in six segments.
With the completion of the project, in addition to advantages including reducing fuel consumption, the route from Shiraz to Isfahan and the north of the country, in general, has become 135 kilometers shorter.
The inaugurated transport projects also included several rural and main roads, road maintenance, safety projects, fixing accident-prone areas, and technical building maintenance projects.
The launch of the second line of potable water transfer from Dorudzan Dam to Shiraz, with a total length of 78 kilometers, was one of the water projects which contribute to meeting the water need of 40 percent of people in Shiraz.
Arriving in Shiraz on Thursday on a two-day visit to Fars Province, Raisi was accompanied by members of his cabinet.
During the president’s visit, over 100 road transportation projects and 20 infrastructure projects in industrial parks as well as over 900 gas supply projects were inaugurated.
Oil Minister Javad Owji inaugurated the first phase of a refining project in the city of Mohr on Friday.
Having a capacity of refining 6.6 million barrels of gas condensates per year, the plant is among the nine biggest refineries of the country.
The first phase project, which was implemented by the private sector, creates 200 direct job opportunities.
The plant is in the immediate vicinity of Parsian Gas Refinery and Parsian Sepehr Ethane Extraction Complex.
The construction of the refinery started in September 2014, but the executive operations had halted due to some obstacles.
Development of the Pasargad Steel Complex in the city of Kavar was another project that was inaugurated by Industry, Mine, and Trade Minister Abbas Aliabadi during the provincial visit.
The projects include gas supply to two cities and 63 villages, as well as 330 industrial projects in the gas industry.