Engineer Bassem bin Yaqoub Al-Hamr, Minister of Housing, valued the sublime directives from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the beloved King of the country, may God protect him and sponsor him to develop the housing file in the Kingdom, and His Majesty ordered the provision of 40,000 housing units for citizens, as well as the continuous follow-up of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Housing Distributions, stressing that the Ministry of Housing is working in accordance with the aspirations and visions of the esteemed government and housing commitments contained in its current program "2019-2022", in order to accelerate the pace of housing work through innovative solutions that meet the needs and desires Citizens.
This came upon the Minister of Housing’s visit to the East Sitra City project this morning, where he briefed the "red people" on the progress of the project procedures supervised by CMEC, the largest Chinese companies in the field of contracting, confirming the end of the burial and land settlement phase of the East Sitra City project, marking the start of establishing the infrastructure and carrying out work. The construction of housing units in the city, indicating that the acceleration of work on projects reflects the will and seriousness of the esteemed government to expedite the fulfillment of housing requests for citizens in accordance with the plans and programs set for this matter.
For its part, the Chinese company presented the project plan and the safety measures taken since the foundation stone was laid in the city. Mr. Li Wenru, the representative of the Chinese company, welcomed the Minister of Housing, reviewing the details of the different stage of the project represented in the construction of housing units, and the method of work of the contractors who are supervising them. In order to complete the first phase by completing 1077 housing units within 30 months.
Eng. Al-Hamar thanked the Chinese company for the great efforts made to complete the project in the time specified for it, adding that the Ministry of Housing provides support and works with all its capacity for the achievement of this city, and stressed the need for the operating company and all contractors to continue to maintain public safety at the project site. And following all health precautionary measures between workers and employees.
Engineer Bassem bin Yaqoub Al-Hamr, Minister of Housing, visited the site of the first phase of the implementation of the housing project, where he witnessed the start of construction work for the first housing unit on civilian land east of Sitra, to be the beginning of the completion of the rest of the housing project units, which provides in all its stages about 3000 housing units and a housing service that meets the aspirations Thousands of Bahraini families.