More than 2,000 houses are to be built in Dibba following a grant to develop remote areas of the country.
According to a municipality report, Al Fujairah needs new services, facilities and housing. A total of 2,604 new homes will be built.
The grant comes from His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
"Dibba residents have welcomed Shaikh Khalifa's gesture to upgrade the infrastructure and civic facilities of remote cities. This is needed to cope with an increasing population that is a burden on the city," said Mattar Saleh Al Ka'abi, director of Dibba Al Fujairah Municipality.
He said there was a shortage of housing for young people who wanted to settle down and start a family.
The municipality's report, which was sent to the President's Private Department, also said the city's roads, which cover 162km, needed to be paved.
"There is also a need to build no less than five new dams on several low-lying areas and valleys in Dibba to help retain rain water and support the underground water storage, from which hundreds of farms in Dibba would benefit," Al Ka'abi said. The report said the city needed 26 more mosques, 3 new health centres and 13 new schools and kindergartens.
Al Raheeb is most in need of new housing, according to the report. An estimated 1,325 houses, in addition to 16 mosques, 6 new schools and a health centre are needed to meet the needs of the area's increasing population.
More than 61km of roads in Al Rifaa and Al Ghob need to be paved. Dibba city also needs to pave more than 59km of roads, build 541 new houses, 5 mosques, 2 health centres and 3 schools.
"There are more than 5,000 low-cost old houses in Dibba Al Fujairah city that all need to be replaced as they were built between 1973 and 1980," Al Ka'abi said.
Plans
Projects on the anvil
- A total of 2,604 new homes will be built for residents of Dibba.
- The municipality will also pave 162kms of roads.
- A report from the municipality said Dibba needed 26 more mosques, 3 new health centres and 13 new schools and kindergartens.
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