89% of Decent Life initiative's budget to Upper Egypt

Assistant to Minister of Planning for Sustainable Development Gamil Helmy unveiled Sunday that 89 percent of the budget disbursed within the first phase of Decent Life initiative was directed to Upper Egypt so as 334 out of 375 villages received LE8.5 billion.

The official elaborated that 94 percent of beneficiaries at that phase live in Upper Egypt where 97.3 percent of wastewater projects implemented within the first phase of the initiative were carried out; 67.6 percent of drinking water projects, 90.2 percent of healthcare units added, 84.4 percent of schools and classrooms built and upgraded, and 85.2 percent of roads rehabilitated.