President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi set Monday a 6-month ultimatum to efface any encroachments on Nile River mainstream and canals so their width would be back to what it was 30 years ago.
That was while inaugurating via video-conference Bahr Al Baqar Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is the world's largest, while attending a ceremony held on that occasion in Port Said, a Suez Canal governorate.
President Sisi warned that the punishment to individuals, who commit encroachments, would include the withdrawal of any kind of subsidies they get, and that even applies to subsidized bread and staples.
He further added, "encroachments will not just be removed. They will be removed at the expense of” violators.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
