Bahraini authorities said work on the Khalifa Town project is moving at a steady pace with more than 1,100 housing units nearing completion.

Once ready by the year-end, the residential development is set to accommodate 54,000 people, reported BNA citing a senior housing ministry official.

"The construction of more than 1,100 units has so far reached up to 95 per cent," said Sami Abdulla Bouhaza’a, the  assistant undersecretary for housing projects at the Housing Ministry.

The infrastructure components has reached so far 80 per cent, with the overall project expected to be completed late this year.

Bouhaza’a said the current phase of the project is being constructed in two stages in the area between the villages of Riyadh Askar and Bar Al Dur.

Meanwhile, bids have been invited for the designs of the upcoming stages of the Khalifa Town Project, which will provide 6,000 units, he added.