West Assiut’s Nasser City will witness the finalization of 1,584 social housing units, together with 1,440 apartments in the city’s Sakan Misr medium-income project, by next December, Invest-Gate reports.

Further, phase I of infrastructure works, covering 1,600 acres, is slated for completion before July 2020, including roads, water facilities, irrigation networks, sanitation services, and electric grids, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar confirmed in an official statement on September 3.

Works are also in progress at a 19-kilometer water reservoir and a water purification plant, with a capacity of 125,000 cubic meters per day, El Gazzar noted.

Back in February, Assiut Governor Gamal Nour El Din revealed that the government has so far pumped investments worth EGP 3.5 bn in Nasser City’s social housing projects.