There were also 921 cases of constructions on agricultural lands spanning over 35 feddans (one feddan equals 4,500 square meters). The minister of local development stated in a Cabinet meeting in May that the number of reconciliation requests submitted by owners of unlicensed buildings amounted to 2.8 million. Nevertheless, not all owners of unlicensed buildings filed for legalization. That means 2.5 million feddans of agricultural lands, and 188 million square meters of non-agricultural lands have been cleared. The committee also clarified that 37,000 squatters had reconciled, while the requests of 44,000 others were still being examined.
