Egypt's new administrative capital getting its own 'Nile'
Egypt has undertaken an ambitious project within an ambitious project, to provide its new, green capital with its own river.
Egypt is racing against time to build a river in the middle of the desert, to go with the new administrative capital it is working on about 30 miles (45 kilometers) east of Cairo.
On Jan. 14, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attended the construction launch of the Green River project, worth 9 billion Egyptian pounds ($501.8 million), in the $45 billion new administrative capital. Seven construction companies are working on the project, which involves hundreds of workers.
Madbouly said during the ceremony that the man-made river will link a series of the new administrative capital's "smart," modern neighborhoods and will feature a chain of gardens making up one of the most distinctive botanical parks in the world.
The government is committed to completing the park project within 18 months. The park will be more than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) long and will span an area of more than 1,000 acres (4 square kilometers), making it one of the world's largest parks.
