3 Projects In Aswan Currently Ongoing 2023 That Going to Boost Economy for Sure

Egypt has recently implemented various projects in Aswan city to boost the natonal economy and enhance the lifehood of Upper Egypt residents as well. 

Toshka is a large-scale national project that aims to improve Egypt's ability to deal with its rapidly growing population.

The national project has been revived by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the government planted wheat in these new areas in a bid to help Egypt's agriculture system with nearly half a million tons.

The government will provide support and conduct the necessary studies to reclaim more than 400,000 acres in the “Branch 4” area in Toshka, Abdel Fatah El-Sisi stated.

He also pointed out that ornamental plants will no longer be cultivated in Toshka.

About 60% of the cultivable land will be given to youth and national firms, 1 acre each, funded by the Long Live Egypt Fund.

Speaking to journalist and talk show host Ahmed Mousa on Sada El Balad Channel, Awar Amin, the Chairman of Al Madar Engineering LLC, a construction company, said: "The works of construction, digging, engineering consultancy, as well as irrigation works, continue without stopping and all filtration systems are provided by both the government and the private sector."

The project also aims to develop the private sector and maximize its role in serving Egyptian farmers.

According to former Egypt's governments' studies, the canal inlet starts from a site 8 km to the north of Toshka Bay (Khor) on Lake Nasser. The canal is meant to continue westwards until it reaches the Darb El-Arbe'ien route, then northwards along the Darb El-Arbe'ien to the Baris Oasis, covering a distance of 310 km.

But, as of April 2012, the canal is still 60 km short of the Baris Oasis. The Mubarak Pumping Station in Toshka is still the centerpiece of the project and was inaugurated in March 2005.

It pumps pure water from Lake Nasser to be transported by way of a canal through the valley to serve transforming 2340 km2 (588,000 acres) of desert into agricultural land.

The essential dilemma was that the granite mountain and rock barrier located in the middle of the Toshka water channel, as well as the Western Desert's high saline levels and the presence of underground aquifers in the area, act as major obstacles to any irrigation project.

The granite mountain would reduce access to potable water for the rest of the land. There is also the difficulty that the clay minerals found in the soil are posing technical problems for the big-wheeled structures moving around autonomously to irrigate the land, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

But fortunately, the state has considered the matter and managed to reduce and remove these barriers to developing its wheat harvest.

Qubbet El-Hawa Archaeological Development Project

Accompanied by the German ambassador to Cairo Frank Hartmann, Ambassador Berger announced that the EU will fund a project to connect all the archaeological sites in the area of the “Dome of the Wind” and that the project will serve as an ideal and wonderful display window for Egyptian history in all its stages.

He also noted that the project also has both scientific and economic goals with one of the latter goals being to support the local community and help it to grow.

The EU is currently implementing several projects to develop local communities in different areas in Egypt, he added.

According to Berger, the development project will include a visitor centre and models of the tombs in the region as well as areas that include cafes and shops.

The development and renovation project will be completed within three years, he stated, adding that he already discussed the project with the Egyptian government and Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Located on the Western bank of the Nile in the city of Aswan, Qubbet El-Hawa or “The Dome of the Wind '' is a unique archaeological place with monuments from different eras.

Qubbet El-Hawa includes a small shrine for an Islamic Sufi sheikh, a Coptic monastery of Saint Anthony and around 100 tombs of nobles from different ancient Egyptian eras including the old kingdom, middle kingdom and new kingdom.

Societal school

Societal school which was established with the support of the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

The school aims to prevent a major source of illiteracy in the country. Teachers at social schools are called “facilitators,” as their work requires facilitating the educational process within the classes, and simplifying the educational process for the students on all levels.