Plans for a BD200-million ($527 million) redevelopment of the Manama Central Market have been suspended pending a major review by the government, said a report.

The Capital Trustees Board has now approved BD1.24 million ($3.26 million) this year to patch the 41-year-old market up, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

The massive revamp project was unveiled in a special ceremony in August 2011 but a lack of investors meant it never went ahead.

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