agricultural land encroachments
Egypt eyes building three million housing units
Egypt
October 17, 2021
Egypt eyes building three million housing units
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that he dreams of building three million new housing units at a cost ranging…
Egypt’s Prime Minister calls on citizens to seek reconciliations for building violations
Egypt
September 20, 2020
Egypt’s Prime Minister calls on citizens to seek reconciliations for building violations
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly called on citizens to take advantage of the reconciliation law regarding building violations. The Prime…
Unplanned buildings make up 50% of Egypt’s housing blocks: Madbouly
Egypt
September 12, 2020
Unplanned buildings make up 50% of Egypt’s housing blocks: Madbouly
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Saturday said that unplanned constructions makeup 50 percent of housing blocks across the country.…
Egypt PM says 1.7 million feddans of agricultural land recovered
Egypt
June 7, 2017
Egypt PM says 1.7 million feddans of agricultural land recovered
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said 1.93 million feddans of agricultural land has been encroached upon and 1.7 million feddans were recovered.…
Government to give ‘last chance’ to illegal land occupiers to legalize status
Egypt
October 23, 2014
Government to give ‘last chance’ to illegal land occupiers to legalize status
Agriculture Minister Adle Al-Beltagy has decided to form a taskforce that would appraise lands on the Cairo-Alexandria road in order…
More than 37 thousand acres of agricultural land damaged by encroachments: report
Egypt
October 29, 2013
More than 37 thousand acres of agricultural land damaged by encroachments: report
More than 886,000 cases of illegal building on lands designated for agricultural use took place since the 25 January revolution…
Report: 16,000 acres of agricultural land damaged by encroachments
Egypt
June 4, 2012
Report: 16,000 acres of agricultural land damaged by encroachments
More than 400 cases of illegal building on lands designated for agricultural use took place since last year’s uprising, according…
Government drafts law criminalizing encroachment on arable land
Business
June 22, 2011
Government drafts law criminalizing encroachment on arable land
The government is in the process of drafting a law that would criminalize building on agricultural land, giving the Agricultural…