CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Thursday said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has directed securing requirements of the new land reclamation projects in the New Delta and central and North Sinai to expediate the implementation of these key development projects and boosting their positive impact on achieving food security.

Madbouli made the remarks during a meeting held to follow up on progress achieved in securing main requirements of the agricultural development projects in the New Delta and north and central Sinai.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hany Sewillam, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Essmat, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Sherif Sherbiny, and officials of ministries concerned.

The meeting reviewed the implementation rate of extending water sources for the new agricultural development projects that rely on the reuse of agricultural drainage water, in line with the state's strategy to reduce water wasted in various activities, according to Cabinet Spokesman Mohamed Elhomosany.

The meeting took up the progress rate of supplying power to the infrastructure of agricultural reclamation projects in the New Delta and North and Central Sinai, as well as progress achieved in establishing the necessary transformer stations for all agricultural reclamation areas, the spokesman added. (MENA)

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