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Paving of Roads in Mountainous

Villages

Location Targeted group Partners Activities and objectives

Walayat of Sur Residents of remote areas Directorate General of Regional Paving internal roads between
and mountain villages in Municipalities in Al-Sharqiya South mountain villages in the walayats of

the Walayat of Sur and other the Al-Sharqiya South Governorate,
Governorate, Sur Municipality
walayats of the Al-Sharqiya as well as mountain roads leading to
South Governorate and from the Walayat Center in order

to facilitate transportation for the
residents in mountainous areas

Results and outputs

• Alleviating the hardship of long transportation for the residents of mountainous areas to reach the city and get their children
to and from schools

• Ease of access to touristic and natural places in mountain villages, and thus increase the eco-tourism movement to them

• Similarly, protection walls were built in some mountainous villages to ensure the safety of their residents from the dangers
of floods

• A pedestrian bridge has also been constructed in the village of Wad in Walayat of Sur to facilitate the movement of the

residents during the rainy season and flooding of wadies

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