South Hurghada halts building work at sites in Magawish and the schools area
The district says the sites lacked complete documents and licences and did not meet building rules. Inspectors checked one building in Magawish and another in the schools area on Monday morning.
2 November 2026
The South Hurghada district stopped work at a number of building sites on Monday morning because the required documents were incomplete and the sites did not meet building conditions and licensing rules.
Inspections covered one building in the Magawish area and another in the schools area, where documents and licences were examined and action was taken over the violations found.
Ayman Sultan, head of the South Hurghada district, assigned his deputy and the district's planning, encroachment and field follow-up section to work with the utilities police on visiting sites, reviewing licences and checking compliance with building and legal conditions.
Sultan said the campaigns and field follow-up would continue across the district to identify building violations and to confirm that no work is carried out without the required licences.
The district said the action implements instructions from Red Sea governor Walid El-Barqi on enforcing the law against building violations, and from Hurghada city head Ahmed Gaber on inspecting the licences and documents held at work sites.
The reporting does not say how many sites were stopped in total, or what owners must do before work can resume.