TEHRAN Some 158 fisheries projects are to be operational in Hamedan during 'Ten-Day Dawn' celebrations, marking triumph anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Public Relations Department at Iran's Fisheries Organization said the projects had cost more than Rls.70 billion to be implemented. The projects are expected to create jobs for 2,718 people, it added.

Meanwhile, more than 5,000 development, industrial, service, agricultural and cultural projects will be operational nationwide during Ten-Day Dawn, according to Head of the Committee of Institutions and Ministries at the Ten-Day Dawn Headquarters Hassanipour.

Head of the Public Relations Office of the Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province's Governor General Office Nourollah Mousavi said 118 projects, implemented in the fields of development, sports, culture and economy, are to be operational in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province in the period. Mousavi put total cost of the projects at more than Rls.48 billion.

Head of the Jihad Department in Hamedan Hossein Rajabian said executive operations for 164 development, production and servicing projects in Hamedan villages are over and the projects are to be operational during Ten-Day Dawn.

Rajabian said the projects had cost Rls.18.2 billion.

(IRNA)