Madbouly: The political leadership directed the importance of developing and raising the efficiency of the historic heart of Cairo, both urban and cultural
Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly stressed that the political leadership directed the importance of developing and raising the efficiency of various regions of the Republic, indicating that development is not only about building the giant new cities that have been implemented, such as the new administrative capital or the city of El Alamein, and so on.
This came during statements by Dr. Mostafa Madbouly after his inspection of the “Arabesque” project. At the El-Ayoun stream fence and handing over contracts for a number of housing units to the beneficiaries, which he began by offering congratulations to the great Egyptian people on the occasion of the new Gregorian year, as well as the beginning of the month of Rajab, praying to God Almighty that this new year would bring goodness and blessings to Egypt, its leadership and its people.
Madbouly noted President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s insistence on developing the heart of historic Cairo, which was affected by many factors. deterioration during previous periods, saying: “The area of Sur al-Majar al-Ayoun, in which we are located today, was always referred to as being among the areas of poverty and pollution, and sometimes crime and lawlessness… and the scale of the work that we see today reflects the scale of the efforts made to transform the region into the most beautiful region among the regions.” Architecturally and culturally. The tanneries were located there before they were moved to the city of Rubiky, adding: “This area was one of the most polluted and deteriorated areas of Cairo in the previous period.”
He also stressed the keenness to carry out works Development in a manner consistent with the same architectural, urban and cultural character of this historical area located in the heart of Cairo, reviewing the efforts the development work took in terms of design with Dr. Mohamed Al-Khatib, and implementation with various companies to reach this form. The current aesthetic.
The Prime Minister reaffirmed by saying, “If it were not for the presence of a real vision and the keenness of the political leadership to develop the Sur Mjari al-Ayoun region and restore it to its status, we would not have seen the change that occurred.” In this region,” he noted that President Sisi is following up on various works and details related to the development of this region, and other projects related to developing and raising the efficiency of a number of other regions on an ongoing basis.
He added: President Sisi’s follow-up gave more energy and keenness to quickly complete such projects as quickly as possible despite the various challenges and penalties.
He drew attention to what the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities said. During his presentation, he talked about the size of the development projects implemented within the framework of the Historic Cairo Governorate only, whose cost exceeds 22 billion pounds, including the Fustat Park development project, the Ain Al-Sira lakes area, and Fustat Lake. This project, which will be… The green heart of Cairo, and the green lung of Cairo, where about 500 acres are being transformed into Cairo Gardens or Fustat Gardens, similar to the Green River that was established in the New Administrative Capital.
He explained. Madbouly said that Fustat Gardens, before development, included a number of areas where solid waste was dumped, in addition to the pollution of the lakes that were present, as well as the presence of many unsafe areas, which, thanks to God, we succeeded in eliminating. It was removed and transformed into a vibrant green heart with multiple cultural and recreational activities to serve the old city of Cairo.
He added: We are working to implement this matter in conjunction with the development of Khedive Cairo, and today there is an assignment to international offices to develop A vision of how to reuse Khedival Cairo with the aim of transforming it into hotel areas and tourist and urban attractions, with which we will restore the form of the “Paris of the East.” As Cairo was before.
He continued: “As well as the very large development works in Islamic historic Cairo, in addition to the Maspero Triangle area, Opera Square, and Azbakeya Park that existed At some point, it deteriorated until it almost stopped during the implementation of the metro project, and we were keen to restore the park as it was more than 100 years ago with all its features. Components".
Madbouly noted that all of these projects are being implemented by the state with the aim of reviving the heart of old Cairo and its development, stressing that just as the new was created, work is being done to develop the historic old area because it The memory of the state and part of Egyptian civilization.
At the end of his statements, the Prime Minister congratulated everyone who received the housing units within the project, saying: These housing units represent… Part of the first phase of the project, and the entire project has been completed and only the hotel and the commercial part remain, and the final touches are being implemented,” renewing calls for the next year to bring more other projects in every part of Egypt.
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