Local development min., Cairo governor check work to face bad weather

CAIRO – 13 March 2020: Egyptian minister of local development and Cairo governor have checked work to remove rain water and face the wave of unstable weather and torrential rain turning to floods in some areas, which has started on Wednesday evening.

Minister Mahmoud Shaarawi and Governor Khaled Abdel Aal were also accompanied by top water officials.





The Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects on Thursday announced the state of extreme emergency and alert nationwide, due to the unstable weather conditions.

Cabinet’s media advisor Hany Younes on the same day published photos on Facebook showing Housing Minister Assem Al-Gazzar in one of the streets in New Cairo in the Egyptian capital, while supervising sanitation work to face the impact of heavy rain. Gazzar described the rain as unprecedented.

Gazzar was accompanied by officials of the ministry and New Urban Communities Authority. Workers have been working on discharging rainwater from different roads and areas, as New Cairo has been frequently affected by heavy rains over the past few years.

Giza Governor Ahmed Rashed was also available in streets of Munsha’at Al-Qanater on Thursday to supervise efforts made to shrink the impact of the heavy rain.