A development project near the mausoleum of Hazrat Abbas (AS) in Karbala, Iraq, was inaugurated on Thursday.

It was launched in a ceremony marking the birth anniversary of Hazrat Zahra (SA), al-Kafeel.net reported. A number of religious officials, including the custodian of the shrine and representative of the Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani attended the ceremony. The project featured the expansion of Maqam Imam Al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his glad advent) at the holy shrine and areas near it.

Zia Majid Al-Sayiq, Head of the projects section of the Astan (custodianship) of the holy shrine, said the project was implemented in an area of approximately 1,200 square meters. It includes a hall for women (490 sq m), another hall for men (310 sq m), and a special section for serving pilgrims (250 sq m).

Source: en.shafaqna.com