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The new capital is to be located about 45 kilometers east of Cairo and its area about 687 square kilometers. In the capital, there should be an airport, an opera, 20 skyscrapers and all government buildings.
The project, which is estimated to cost about $ 45 billion, is President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi's main project. He was elected in 2014, a year after leading the coup of military state against the first Egyptian president, Mohamed Mursi.
Congratulations to the Prime Minister
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, who is also Minister of Housing, is very excited about the project.
"The story will be right with this generation of Egyptians, and our grandchildren will remember our accomplishment, a wave of unprecedented construction activity in modern Egypt," he said.
Egypt builds gigant city to 400 billion dollars in the desert
The current capital of Cairo is home to 20 million inhabitants and the government announces that the number of inhabitants will increase to 40 million by 2050.
Critics of the project believe that the funds could benefit more by strengthening other sectors of the economy or by restoring the current capital.
Criticized for being authoritarian
Critics have also pointed out that al-Sisi's decision to initiate a project of such magnitude without having previously taken into account what others might call authoritative. . Al-Sisi is known for his harshness in the face of critics and urged the locals to listen only to him. In addition, he stated that he could not be held accountable to God.
He also said that Egypt 's resources are limited, which means that the reviews are bothersome for the large amount of money deposited in the project of immobilization.
"Maybe Al-Sisi will remain in the annals of history as the leader of the new capital, but unless the Egyptians see an improvement in their living conditions and their public offerings he will be remembered as the president who destroyed the middle class, "says political analyst Hassan Nafaa at the AP news agency.
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Fear of the future of Kairos
It is feared that capital exchanges will make Cairo's problems worse than they are today.
Amar Ali Hassan, an expert in social policy, fears that the city is "neglected" and that it "dies of a slow death".
Sameh Abdallah Alayli, an expert in urban planning, writes in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk that the idea of a new capital is unacceptable. He asks that construction activity be stopped and that priority be given to the restoration of capital.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt for over 1000 years. We do not know when the new capital will be ready.
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