Vacant plots blocking the Haramain High Speed Rail project in Saudi Arabia have increased by 40.6% in the last two months, an anonymous source from the Ministry of Transport informed.
These plots, whose owners have not yet finalised expropriation procedures, are a part of the Jawhara Thuwal Plan in north Jeddah, said a report by Arab News. The rail project will go ahead despite these lands, continued the source, and the ministry will address the Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) to invite the owners of these lands for the same.
The 49.2km-long Haramain project, joining Makkah and Madinah, requires over 130 plots to be taken over during its course of development.
