Plan to allocate special area for Oman's Labour City
MUSCAT, April 28, 2020
Muscat Municipality is co-ordinating with Oman's housing ministry to allocate 250,000 sqm of land for the construction of a Labour City in the capital for the expat workers.
The government will then invite bids from the private sector for the construction and management of the facility.
But now with Covid-19 pandemic, demand is growing to have these facilities outside the residential areas, reported Oman Daily Observer, citing municipal officials.
Expatriate bachelor accommodations and camps have brought in concern of further community spread, especially in maintaining isolation and quarantine, they stated.
For the moment, authorities from the Ministry of Health and Muscat Municipality have tried to address the issuing by intensifying the Covid-19 tests among this section of the society, they added.
A senior Muscat Municipality official said majority of the members believe that the need for having labour camps outside the residential areas has become more important now than ever.
"There is a discussion by the concerned authorities at all levels about the expatriate workers’ accommodation and we seek to reach the stage of establishing worker’s cities outside the residential areas," he added.
