Revamp work on track at Muharraq Central Market

The revamping of the Muharraq Central Market is nearing completion, said Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf. He announced the progress of work on the project as he paid a field visit to the development site, accompanied by Undersecretary Dr Nabil Mohammed Abul Fateh, Muharraq Municipality director-general Ibrahim Al Jowder, Southern Municipality director-general Asem Abdullatif and other officials.

The minister said that the main construction work on the BD6.2 million-facility would be completed this month, adding that shops would be handed over at the beginning of September. He announced that the project would be inaugurated officially in December as part of festivities marking Bahrain’s national days. The revamped market is part of development projects ordered by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to be carried out in Muharraq.

The three-storey development facility which covers 28,000 square metres features a hypermarket covering 3,000 sqm and 106 outlets for the meat, fish and vegetables sections. Khalaf underlined the ministry’s keenness on fast-tracking work on the central market in Muharraq, in compliance with the directives of HRH the Premier to inaugurate the milestone before the third quarter of this year. The revamped facility is part of a strategy drawn up by the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning to modernize and upgrade central markets across Bahrain.