Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly has said that the new administrative capital project will provide jobs to thousands of Egyptians. The minister toured various sites for the project, inspecting the work done so far and encouraging the workers. Among the sites he visited were housing units under construction. All delayed payments will be disbursed.”In March 2015, Egypt launched a project to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo at a cost of US$45 billion. It will include 490 kilometres square of land available for urban development, providing 1.1 million housing units and housing 5 million citizens.

Source: Egypt Independent October 23, 2016 08:37 UTC