Hurghada Tears Down 220 Square Metres of Unlicensed Rooftop Rooms in Arabia

South Hurghada district has torn down 220 square metres of unlicensed rooftop building work at two properties in the Arabia area, after inspectors caught the walls going up, Sada El-Balad reports.

The district said its field follow-up section spotted the work at an early stage — walls being raised for rooftop rooms at two buildings, in breach of the permits issued for them — and that removal teams were sent in before the rooms could be finished.

Red-brick walls covering 100 square metres were demolished at the first property and 120 square metres at the second, the outlet reports, once the district had confirmed the work departed from the licences held.

Maj. Gen. Ahmed Gabr, head of South Hurghada district, ordered the operation and assigned the engineering department's planning and encroachments section, working with his assistant, to deal with the violations immediately. He said field monitoring continues around the clock and that legal action is taken on violations without exception, including at weekends and on public holidays.

The campaign follows directives from the Red Sea governor to move quickly against encroachments and unlicensed construction. It is the latest in a run of enforcement drives in the town: in the past week the same district reported recovering 2,800 square metres of state land and removing barriers and chains outside seven businesses on the tourist promenade.

Sada El-Balad did not name the owners of the two properties or say whether fines were issued alongside the demolition.