Madar (Nouakchott) - The Minister of Housing, Urban Planning and Land Development on Saturday made a field visit to several projects under construction in the capital, Nouakchott, to review progress on the works and check compliance with technical standards and deadlines.
The visit covered 12 projects in the education, health and handicraft sectors, including a secondary school under construction in Tevragh Zeina, the extension of the National Hospital Centre and its maternity and diagnostic buildings, the extension of the Specialties Hospital Centre, School No. 12 in Sebkha district, the handicraft village in El Mina district, the extension of Sheikh Zayed hospital, the commercial secondary school in Ksar, the Othman Ibn Madhoun school in Teyarett, as well as a new middle school and a new secondary school in Ksar district.
At the end of the visit, the minister said the tour covered projects under the second Nouakchott Emergency Development Programme, as well as other projects under way.
He said his ministry is working to activate the role of the monitoring offices, so that they fully assume their responsibilities through an effective presence on the ground, early detection of shortcomings and resolving difficulties as soon as they arise, to prevent them from piling up and becoming obstacles to the progress of the works.
The minister stressed that meeting completion deadlines and complying with technical specifications and quality standards are not open to any laxity, underlining the need to keep work sites organised and clean, to observe safety standards and to give priority to national labour in available job opportunities.
