Bahrain's housing ministry has started the handover of residential units under the Al Nuaimat Neighbourhood (Riyadh Askar) project located at Khalifa Town in the Southern Governorate of the kingdom, said a report.

The move follows the order of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, to distribute 5,000 housing units, in line with the royal directives, reported BNA, citing the Housing Minister Bassim bin Yacoub Al Hamar.

Riyadh Askar is among the Housing Ministry's major projects to be implemented in line with His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s order to build 40,000 housing units nationwide, as well as those included in government’s housing pledges in its current Action Plan.

Announcing the delivery of the units, Al Hamar said that Khalifa Town was a model town, given its beaches, public gardens, advanced network of roads and bridges as well as electricity, water and wastewater plants.

The town also features basic services, such as mosques, kindergartens, schools, a university, a hospital, health centres, clinics, a sports city and opens parks, he added.