A 600-Square-Metre Wall Comes Down on State Land in Hurghada's El Hadaba, and the District Says Patrols Run Through Holidays
Hurghada's South District says it demolished a rubble-and-brick wall enclosing about 600 square metres of state land in El Hadaba as soon as patrols found it — and that those patrols run around the clock, official holidays included.
5 October 2026
Executive teams from Hurghada's South District have demolished a wall built on state-owned land in El Hadaba, in the area known as Taqsim al-Qamar, after field monitoring found that a resident had fenced off roughly 600 square metres with rubble stone and white brick, according to Sada El Balad.
The removal was carried out as soon as the violation was spotted. Maj. Gen. Ahmed Gabr, head of the South Hurghada district, sent his deputy together with the planning and encroachments section of the district's engineering department to the site to inspect the wall and take it down.
The district said it acted under instructions from Red Sea Governor Dr Walid Al-Barqi to deal immediately with any encroachment on state land or building violation and to refer those responsible for legal action, and on the orders of Maj. Gen. Diaa Abdel Hamid, the assistant secretary-general supervising the post of head of Hurghada city.
Gabr said field patrols inside the district would continue periodically and around the clock — including on official holidays — so that violations are caught in their earliest stages, with the prescribed legal measures taken against offenders.
The report does not name the person who built the wall, put a cost on the removal, or say whether a case has been filed. It follows this site's report a day earlier on inspectors in Hurghada's Taqsim al-Hijaz checking finished buildings against their approved drawings.
For residents, and for anyone buying land up on the Hurghada plateau, the signal is the speed: a boundary wall on state land was found and taken down in the same sweep, and the district says its patrols do not pause for holidays.