Prime Minister orders governors to form committee to oversee repossession of seized land

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail ordered governors on Sunday to form committees to process appeals by those looking to get back land seized under the state’s land reclamation campaign, AMAY reports. Authorities have been clearing unlicensed developments and reclaiming illegally occupied land over the past month and the government is expected to present a detailed report to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi this week. We noted last week that an agriculture ministry report puts the built up area of buildings torn down by the state since the campaign started at 18.39 mn sqm and the area of reclaimed state-owned land at 394.5k feddans.