The holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is seeing massive infrastructural developments aimed to create more housing, transport and living facilities for pilgrims and residents.

The Grand Mosque will be expanded and six real estate projects implemented in its vicinity in the next ten years at a cost of SR50 billion. The expansion of the mosque, ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, has resulted in the demolition of 1,000 properties in Shamiya area and a reported SR6-billion fund has been allowed to compensate the owners

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