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Egypt is to establish three new provinces and demarcate others including Cairo, Giza and Suez, Local Development Minister Adel Labib revealed in a press conference on Wednesday.
The new three provinces will be Middle Sinai, Alamin and Wahat, Labib pointed out, noting that the intended Middle Sinai province will be deducted from North Sinai and South Sinai provinces eastern Egypt, Alamin province will be established between Alexandria and Matrouh provinces in the north and Wahat province will be established at the Western Desert.
The establishment of the new provinces will increase Egypt's provinces from 27 to 30, in accordance with the plan proposed by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in his presidential campaign.
As presidential candidate, Sisi's program included demarcation of Egypt's provinces and reclamation of huge areas of lands to diversify chances for investment in the country that suffered three years of turmoil following the ouster of long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak via mass protests in early 2011.
Sisi, who led the military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood- oriented president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, has recently given the start signal for digging a new 72-km canal alongside the Suez Canal, which is expected to help revive Egypt's deteriorating economy by increasing the ship traffic revenues, attracting huge foreign investments and creating thousands of job opportunities.
Sisi's government has made a number of economic reform decisions including reducing energy subsidies, which has been met by public dissatisfaction due to relevant price hikes besides the ongoing recurrent power outages.
