Work has started on a BD185-million ($483 million) Bahrain sewerage network project to link 52 residential units in the Muqaba area of the kingdom to the network.

The scope of work includes the extension of 680-m-long main connections along with 727-m-long sub-connections besides the construction of 105 inspection chambers, said a top official of Bahrain's Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning.

The project is part of a complete scheme put in place by the ministry to improve sewerage services at the Northern Governorate, remarked Asma Murad, the sanitary engineering assistant undersecretary of the ministry.

The project was awarded to Abdul Karim Al Jahrami Contracting, she added.-TradeArabia News Service