Squatters
That is in just three months.
Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem al-Gazar stated in a press conference Thursday that the government had put its hand on 91 feddans.
That was during a meeting with the prime minister and minister of justice.
Most of the encroachments were in the form of unlicensed buildings.
The ministry is still processing the latest of the 2.6 million requests it has received.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has revealed that 15 to 20 % of the money gathered from reclaimed state lands will be devoted to developmental projects.
State authorities have reclaimed 919.458 feddans of squatted lands, and adjusted the position of 771 thousand feddans.
Qena has been declared the first squatter-free governorate in Upper Egypt since all encroachments on state property have been cleared.
Ismailia Governor prevented bulldozers from removing a vineyard at Wadi el-Malak area.
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