CAIRO – The Egyptian Local Development Ministry has outlined an integrated plan to expand good practices included in an Upper Egypt development programme to be widely implemented in that region.
Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawy, in a statement Monday, said that the program had, over four years, successfully implemented some 4,000 service projects in Upper Egypt.
Million of citizens in the cities of Sohag and Qena have benefited from new infrastructure services, Shaarawy added.
Work is underway to implement the biggest investment plan meant to upgrade the efficiency of industrial zones and support promising economic entities in the two Upper Egyptian cities, the minister noted.
He also pointed to efforts aimed at completing a sustainability plan to guarantee non-stop services and to maintain development levels in the two cities.
The sustainability plan also includes a 2030 integrated local development strategy for the Upper Egyptian cities of Sohag, Qena, Assiut and Minya.
