Inspectors Are Checking Buildings Against Their Approved Drawings in Hurghada's Taqsim al-Hijaz
Field campaigns in the Taqsim al-Hijaz district of Hurghada are reviewing engineering drawings and removing building violations, according to Ahram Gate. The report gives no figures, no lead authority and no end date.
4 October 2026
Field campaigns have begun in the Taqsim al-Hijaz district of Hurghada to review buildings against their approved engineering drawings and remove violations, according to Ahram Gate, which published the report with photographs on 4 October.
That is the extent of what has been made public. The report does not say how many properties were inspected, how many violations were removed, which authority is leading the campaign, or how long it is due to run.
It follows a visible run of enforcement elsewhere in the city: at the start of October, three scrap yards were sealed shut inside the Abu Ashara and Sheikh Shehat neighbourhoods.
For anyone who owns property or is building in Taqsim al-Hijaz, the practical point is the one in the headline: what stands on the plot is being compared with the drawings that were approved for it.