Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Iran to carry on Burnt City land clearing

Iran would start the 11th season of archeological land clearing and excavations in the south-eastern historical city of 'Shahr-e Sookhteh', The Burnt City. "The area has been under steady study and the findings of last excavations would be published in a book," said Dr. Mansour Sajjadi, head of the Shahr-e Sookhteh excavation team.

Several experts comprising industrial researchers from Italy and France are to lend a hand with Iranian archeologists on the project, which would kick off during November 2007.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Land-clearing project begins at Carmel

Carmel city is getting closer to building a water handling plant on land. After a yearlong permissible battle over the land on the southeast corner of 106th Street and Gray Road, city and business bureaucrats agreed last week to permit Carmel to build the facility, while the sand and gravel mining operation continues underneath.

In September 2006, Carmel made a bid to the property owner to buy 30 acres to build a treatment plant. But the company didn't feel like give up the land or the mining operation underneath it. Last week, the parties approved a partial agreement. The price of the land remains disturbed, though. The city's present offer is $640,000 for 20 acres.