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Publish Date : 28-Dec-2017

A major Qatari developer, Barwa Real Estate Company, has offered a contract worth QR1.3 billion ($356 million) to Insha Company to build a new labour city in capital Doha.

The firm has already inked a leasing agreement with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment for the rental of two plots of land spread over a total area of 1.18 million sq m on Salwa Road for a lease term of 27 years.

Taking into account social, cultural and architectural standards that are in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030, the land will be developed into a labour city.

Under the deal, Insha will complete building work within a year.

Gathering all the required facilities, the city will seek to provide housing for workers of different nationalities and cultures, particularly those living in slums.

The project is part of the Qatari government programs to raise the housing standards of workers and meet the needs of the local market in line with the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030 and Qatar's preparations for hosting the 2022 World Cup, said the statement.

The project, occupies an overall area of 994,567 sq m on Salwa Road, and requires to build 3,170 residential houses, each comprising of eight rooms, eight bathrooms and a kitchen, in addition to retail shops and mosques with a total building area of 730,728 sq m, it stated.

The infrastructure works require to establish 25 power substations, internal roads and potable water, fire, irrigation and sewage networks as well as surveillance cameras.

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