The Madbouly Cabinet is reportedly due to unveil its new comprehensive strategy for development in the Sinai in a months’ time, unnamed Local Development Ministry sources tell Al Shorouk. The new plan — which is being prepared by the ministries of local development, planning, and investment, as well as the New and Urban Communities Authority — will include a number of development and infrastructure projects in industry, agriculture, education, and sanitation, aimed at attracting as many as 2 mn new residents to the area. The Housing Ministry had announced in February an ambitious plan for the peninsula’s development that includes setting up a new economic center in North Sinai and converting the governorate’s capital city Al Arish to a freezone.

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