Minister inaugurates 24 water, power projects

The said projects were inaugurated in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Khuzestan, Bushehr, Ardebil, Kerman, East Azarbaijan, Fars, and Mazandaran provinces, IRNA reported.

Nine of the projects including three solar power plants and six projects for the development of electricity transmission network worth about $37.8 million were put into operation in Khuzestan Province.

Four electricity transmission projects valued at $36 million were also inaugurated in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province, while four other electricity network development projects worth $22 million became operational in Bushehr Province.

In East Azarbaijan, Ardebil, and Fars provinces, projects worth about $67.3 million and in Mazandaran Province, one water project valued at $5.47 million were also put into operation.