The opening ceremony for the Wadi Hanifa Rehabilitation Project is set to take place on Monday in the presence of Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman, chairman of the High Commission for the Development of ArRiyadh, which is in charge of the large project for restoring the historic Wadi. President of ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA), Engr. Abdullatif [...]
The opening ceremony for the Wadi Hanifa Rehabilitation Project is set to take place on Monday in the presence of Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman, chairman of the High Commission for the Development of ArRiyadh, which is in charge of the large project for restoring the historic Wadi.
Development Project plans
President of ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA), Engr. Abdullatif bin Abdullah Malik Al Asheikh said “the project will not only attract visitors but is also good for the environment.”
The project included the construction of dams and regulating the flow of water to preserve the Wadi’s wetlands. The measure will also limit commercial activity and land use in one of Riyadh’s few natural green spaces. Portions of the 120-kilometer Wadi have become popular weekend destinations for picnicking families.
Al-Sheikh said the ADA decided to carry out the project due to the “great urbanization process that has taken place in the Kingdom’s capital city during the latter part of the last century when the strategic value of the Wadi diminished in the face of new far-reaching economic, industrial, commercial and agricultural advancement.”
Al-Sheikh said the ADA has already initiated measures to clean areas linked to the Wadi. The Wadi is named after the ancient Banu Hanifa tribe which inhabited the Wadi in pre-Islamic times when the area received more precipitation than it does today. The rambunctious tribe first opposed the rise of First Caliph Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), but later pledged peace and joined the new Islamic state.
Wadi Hanifa Water Fountine
Development projects referred to in the comprehensive strategy for developing Wadi Hanifa are investment opportunities available for private sector. They include the following :
- Implementing the Water Canal Project in the Wadi.
- Establishing constant watchtowers.
- Fencing Public lots and environmentally protected areas.
- Establishing models for merchandising points.
- Establishing a group of watch points, side-walks, and distributing the sites allover the wadi.
- Establishing a main road in the wadi in addition to paved sub roads, and roads connected to merchandising points to retrieve the agricultural cover.
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