The Minister of Transport hands over contracts for 109 apartments as compensation to those affected by the high-speed electric train network 24/03/2024 | 11:14 AM
Today, Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir - Minister of Transport, in the presence of Major General Khaled Abdel-Al, Governor of Cairo, Representative Alaa Abed, Chairman of the Transport and Communications Committee in the House of Representatives, and Representative Eid Hammad, Member of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the General Authority for Roads and Bridges and the National Authority for Tunnels, in addition to the advisory offices supervising the project, handed over the unit contracts. The new housing units to compensate those affected by the occupants of buildings that conflict with the route of the project of the first line of the high-speed electric train network (Sokhna / El Alamein / Matrouh) in the Kafr Al-Alou area in the Helwan neighborhood in Cairo Governorate, after conducting a public lottery for these units, where contracts for 109 new apartments were handed over as a phase. The first of a total of 226 new apartments that the Ministry of Transport purchased from the Ministry of Housing for the benefit of affected occupants of buildings conflicting with the route of the first line project of the high-speed electric train network.
It has been taken into account to allocate the ground floor and the first floor after the ground floor for the elderly and people with special needs and to accommodate families in the same building. Conducting this lottery and handing over contracts for new housing units comes within the framework of coordination between the Ministries of Transport and Housing and Utilities and Urban Communities and Cairo Governorate to provide a number of residential units with full facilities. The finishing area is 90 square meters in the Al-Zohour area in May 15th city to be an alternative housing unit for the random buildings that conflict with the route of the high-speed electric train project.
At the beginning of his speech, Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir and Minister of Transport conveyed the greetings of His Excellency President Al-Sisi, President of the Republic, who always directs that no citizen should be harmed by the implementation of any national project and that no citizen should leave his home unless he has been compensated with the appropriate financial compensation estimated by government agencies, compensation, or appropriate compensation in kind. It is urban, safe, healthy, clean, and served with all the services that the citizen needs, and this is what happened today, as we have 2 models in Kafr Al-Alou, which we are honored to be present among its people today, where some were compensated financially according to their desire, and others were compensated in kind with human and civilized residential apartments in a residential neighborhood with full services. In May 15th city.
The Minister of Transport added that when we planned the high-speed electric train project, which will transport Egypt to a major developmental leap, we took into account a group of determinants, including studying the environmental impact of the project, before economic feasibility studies, to choose a route that would avoid the largest number of conflicts so as not to affect the lives of citizens, and we will re-plan this area in a way that makes it A civilized area with all types of services instead of an unplanned area and to be a distinct social civilized area that serves citizens.
The Minister of Transport indicated that citizens who conflict with the route in this region have been adequately compensated for their homes, shops, and activities in cooperation with Cairo Governorate, as we stand by the interest of the citizen. The Transport and Communications Committee of the House of Representatives has also cooperated with us, headed by Representative Alaa Abed, whom we thank, just as we thank Representative Eid Hammad. Who made a great effort, as well as the tunnels, roads and bridges authorities and the consultants who took care in designing and planning the project to avoid the greatest possible amount of conflicts while maintaining the precise technical specifications of the project. We also thank the banks financing the project and Siemens Company and confirm that no citizen will be harmed by the implementation of any national project. These are our people and His Excellency the President. He always directs to change people's lives for the better, and there is another directive from His Excellency that whoever can and has the appropriate qualifications from the people of Kafr Al-Alou who were compensated as a result of their homes conflicting with the route will have priority in participating in the work after its completion during the management and operation of the project, and we will open the door for applications before the start of the project. The trial operation period for the project, and this is the government’s work approach since 2014, which is to stand by the citizen, under the leadership of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic.
Pointing to the importance of the high-speed electric train network project as a major development project, which, in addition to being development arteries, will serve new and existing urban and industrial areas, as well as serve tourist areas and new agricultural areas, as well as creating logistical hubs linking the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the north and south of the country, and linking industrial areas ( Production areas) with sea ports, as well as linking modern agricultural development areas with consumption areas and export ports.
For his part, Major General Khaled Abdel-Aal, Governor of Cairo, confirmed that the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, are that no one should be harmed during the implementation of national projects, noting that today’s ceremony confirms the credibility of the state and its concern for the interests of citizens.
The Governor of Cairo appreciated the efforts made by the Ministry of Transport to overcome all obstacles to quickly begin implementing the project’s phase in the Helwan neighborhood, praising the role of the people, their understanding of the importance of the project, and their cooperation with state agencies to complete it.
The Governor of Cairo added that the social dimension was taken into account in conducting the public lottery in order to achieve the principle of transparency and fair distribution, as the ground and above-ground floors were allocated for special cases, people of determination, the elderly, and those with chronic diseases, taking into account that families should be housed in one building for family reunification.