PM follows up transferring ministries to New Administrative Capital

CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli held a meeting on Tuesday to follow up the progress realized so far in transferring the government to the New Administrative Capital.

The meeting was attended by the ministers of Electricity, Planning, Communications, Transportation, and Housing.

The New Administrative Capital, which is being built over 714 square kilometers by tens of thousands of workers, will be home to a government housing district, 29 ministries and other state institutions – including the cabinet and parliament buildings – and 20 residential neighborhoods that can accommodate 6.5 million people.