The Director of the Engineering Licensing Department in the Municipality of the Capital Governorate, Eng. Nizar Al-Awwad stated that the 1,762 building permits issued during 2021.
A local Arabic daily quoting Al-Awwad said the statistics issued by the department shows 473 new building permits, 12 renovations, 831 modifications and additions, 44 plantings, and 8 parking areas were issued, noting that 394 demolition permits were also issued.
Al-Awwad added that the licenses issued according to the type of buildings were distributed among 1,453 private housing, 32 investment housing, 220 others, in addition to 10 licenses for coop branches, 16 commercial, 31 mosques and electrical transformers.
And he indicated that the number of transactions received from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to issue commercial licenses during 2021 amounted to 17,834 transactions.