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Egypt minister opens slaughterhouse, park projects in Dakahlia visit
September 21, 2026 at 03:28 PM · Updated 25d ago
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Egypt's environment and local development minister visited Dakahlia on Monday to open slaughterhouse and park projects and inspect municipal services.
- Awad and Dakahlia Governor Tarek Marzouk opened the developed Balqas slaughterhouse, a 600-square-meter facility whose roughly 5 million EGP upgrade was investor-funded.
- The pair opened the "Kawkab Al-Sharq" park in Mansoura, attended by the Gharbia and Kafr El-Sheikh governors and the European Union ambassador.
- Awad announced a presidential directive to adopt a project greening all governorates by converting vacated unused lands into parks and green spaces.
- The visit included inspecting 10 tricycles the ministry delivered for Mansoura's waste-collection system and the new VIP "Mansoura Transport" buses.
- Awad and Marzouk also inspected the Meet al-Karma slaughterhouse in Talkha, which began operations on June 2.
- The minister said the ministry had developed three slaughterhouses in Dakahlia and that the governorate offered three manual ones for private investment and lease.





