Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said said on Wednesday that priority in the FY 2024/2025 budget's development plan has been given to establishing and expanding water and food security projects.
During the weekly cabinet meeting, El-Said stressed the role of public investments in ensuring water and food security and providing electricity for agricultural reclamation projects across the country.
She added that the government intends to establish more seawater desalination plants with a capacity of 434 thousand cubic meters per day, add new agricultural areas, improve and increase agricultural, animal, and aquaculture production efficiency, and modernize the agricultural holding system.
Furthermore, El-Said noted that the government intends to construct 471 drinking water stations and 248 sewage treatment stations and increase housing units to 337,000 residential units.
She also highlighted the government's goal to provide safe and sustainable transport systems, stating that the objectives of the FY2024/25 plan in this regard include directing investments to reduce road accidents in priority governorates, promote population localization, and improve connectivity indicators in several governorates.
Moreover, she pointed out that the key aspects of the government's road plan include five projects to complete the national and strategic road network and another 17 to complete the roads connecting different governorates.
In addition, she highlighted how the government's plan includes digital transformation to improve the quality of services provided to citizens, including digitalizing university hospitals and several government initiatives and services related to education, culture, health, judiciary, and taxes.
El-Said also noted that the plan involves establishing a database for the National Council for Persons with Disabilities.
Similarly, she indicated that next year's fiscal plan targets empowering local administration and enhancing decentralization through local development programs.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
