Up to 325,000 tons of waste cleared from areas surrounding Grand Egyptian Museum

The government has finished removing up to 325,000 tons of garbage in the areas surrounding the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Egyptian Minister of Local Development Hisham Amna announced.

This comes under a contract signed between the Ministries of Local Development, Environment, Planning and Economic Development, and the Arab Organization for Industrialization, to remove garbage accumulations and close up random dumps across the country.

Amna confirmed in a statement that the cost of removing the waste amounted to LE57 million, borne by the Ministry of Local Development.