FILE: Shabour Village, Kom Hamada, Beheira/Yasser EmamFILE - School Children taking a pickup truckFILE - The international bridge of DamanhourCAIRO – 4 April 2018: With 18 main polling stations and 885 sub-polling stations in Beheira governorate, provisional figures showed that 1,728,622 votes were cast out of 3,730,211 registered voters, recording the third highest turnout among governorates in the 2018 presidential election.Election results showed that more than 1.5 million Beheira citizens decided to renew their trust in President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. Children in Izbet an-Nawwam have to use tuk-tuks as there are no schools in the place. Egyptian law does not allow tuk-tuk drivers to obtain driving licenses. He said that he is worried about kids who have to cross the road to go to their schools. “The road has become more dangerous than the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road,” he added.Last February, Parliament issued a complaint to Minister of Transportation Hisham Arafat, demanding Aboul Matamir Desert Road be widened, as it seriously endangers citizens’ lives.

Source: Egypt Today April 05, 2018 10:52 UTC