The Roads and Bridges Authority, an official body affiliated to the Iraqi Ministry of Construction and Housing, has revealed that a new bridge linking Baghdad to Hilla and leads to holy Karbala is now open, to facilitate the movement of pilgrims during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Authority said in a statement received by Shia Waves Agency that “The Sikha Bridge, a temporary bridge made of iron, has been installed and fixed to the Numaniya concrete bridge.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be mentioned that millions of people, from Iraq and other countries, have begun their on-foot journey towards the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain, peace be upon him, to commemorate the Arbaeen Pilgrimage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Roads and Bridges Authority, an official body affiliated to the Iraqi Ministry of Construction and Housing, has revealed that a new bridge linking Baghdad to Hilla and leads to holy Karbala is now open, to facilitate the movement of pilgrims during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The Authority said in a statement received by Shia Waves …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":95816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2928,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ahlulbayt-occasions","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n