Salhia Agro-Industrial Projects - Egypt

This is the first Agro-industrial project in Egypt, of total area amounting to 56.500 acres, which was a desert area before. The area located among the governorates: Cairo, Ismailia and Sharkia is composed of two major parts: Salhia 23000 acres. The Youth province 33500 acres. The whole project has been designed by Egyptian Consultant Engineers Company ( established by The buildings took 4452 acres and the rest, which is 52.048 acres, was for the agricultural project. In one year, a national project to plant one million trees surrounding the apparatuses, has been completed, in the form of 6000 trees around each apparatus thus utilizing its capacity without any increase in costs. The production of these trees yields four million pounds annually. El Ismailia Canal, where 12 pumping stations were built in 60 days, is considered the main source of water supply to the project. To save time, some of the pumps were transferred by air. The concrete used in the construction of the pumping stations is 77000 cubic meters. Roads Networks