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Dr. Mohamed Ali Fahim, Head of the Climate Information Center at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, stated that the persistent summer thunderstorms and floods in southern Egypt for the third consecutive week indicate that the country is facing significant climate changes.
Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Qabaj and Minister of Local Development Hisham Amena discussed Wednesday a plan to localize the silk industry in Upper Egypt.
The funding was disbursed through 17 NGOs in Asyut, 16 in Sohag, and 15 in Qena.
Rescue operations, spanning long hours, were tirelessly carried out since that day. Sadly, his life was claimed by the somber depths before he could be rescued.
The National Alliance for Civil Action brings together more than 34 development and service entities to serve the people of the governorates and provide aid to those who need it.
The initiative is worth $2.5 million.
A report by the Ministry of Transport released in July highlighted that Bashtil Train Station had a daily capacity of 250,000 passengers.
The state treasury’s share of this money reached LE 31.3 billion, with 44% of these investments.
Engineer Mohamed Amer, head of the Railway Authority, confirmed that the development work witnessed by the railway increased the number of trains entering Ramses station.
The civil aviation authority in western Luxor announced on Friday halting hot air balloon rides due to bad weather and strong winds to ensure safety of tourists.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir stated in a phone-in Sunday that the "Egyptian Railway Station" located in Giza's Bashtil will be inaugurated in a month and a half.
Egyptian government directed investments to the Upper Egypt regions, estimated at 71.4 billion pounds to develop the governorates of Upper Egypt during the new fiscal year of 2023/2024.
The New and Renewable Energy Authority will secure a land plot for Norway's Scatec ASA to build a wind farm western Sohag as per an agreement they signed Wednesday.
Egypt expected to be hit with wave of weather disturbances, on Wednesday according to The Climate Change Information Center.
About 65 percent of the first phase of Haya Karima initiative went to Upper Egypt, an area that had been neglected for decades. Some 63% of the total number of villages in the first phase, about 1477 villages, are located in Upper Egypt.
The Ministry of Social Solidarity revealed Wednesday a project to train women in Menya, Qena, and Luxor governorates on business management, and finance their micro enterprises.
Egypt’s Meteorological Authority expects, Monday, a gradual decrease in temperatures that will continue during the coming few days, so that cold weather will prevail in the morning, hot in the daytime on Greater Cairo.
President Sisi’s directives were given in line with the state's policy to allow all citizens from across the republic to benefit from the best opportunities and services offered in the New Administrative Capital, said Presidential Spokesperson Ahmed Fahmy said in a statement.
Some 4,000 kilometers in Upper Egypt are allocated to power-generating solar and wind stations, an official source in the Ministry of Electricity told Egypt Today Monday.
Upper Egypt accounts for 96.8% of the total projects of Haya Karima initiative, according to a Wednesday study by the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies.
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