Haima attracts new projects

Haima: Haima has been attracting new projects, thanks to strategic location and availability of large areas. Four deals for land lease for a total area of 47 million square meters have been signed, which include a poultry farm.
The Wilayat of Haima in Al Wusta region is unique in its geographical position, which is located on the middle of the main road between Salalah and Muscat. In addition, there are large areas that can be utilised for investment projects.
Haima is the centre of the Governorate of Al Wusta where it has most of the governmental institutions, which provide services to citizens. Sheikh Suhail bin Mahad Al Ma'ashani, Wali of Haima, said that the wilayat is located at the crossroads between a number of governorates of the Sultanate and the Governorate of Dhofar and the presence of companies operating in the oil and gas in the wilayat, which give it great importance for further investment in various fields. He added that the food security project recently signed to invest more than OMR60 million to establish poultry farms in the wilayat is one of the leading projects that is hoped to benefit the wilayat, the governorate and the Sultanate through achieving its national goals.
He pointed out that the services needed by the citizen are spread throughout the wilayat, including the establishment of social housing, indicating that 50 housing units were distributed this year in the wilayat and its villages.
Wali of Haima called on investors and those interested in the tourism sector to invest in the wilayat through the tourism projects waiting by the wilayat due to the existence of nature reserve and its strategic location, which made it an important station for tourists and visitors to Governorate of Dhofar, especially during Khareef season and other visitors from inside and outside the Sultanate, in addition to the existence of the employees of oil companies and the spread of a number of tourism attractions in the wilayat.
In the regional municipalities sector, there are projects for the wilayat, most notably the design and implementation of the internal roads project in the wilayat (second phase) with lengths of 5 km and the approval of two projects supported by the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO); the first is the design and implementation of Haima Public Park on an area of 36,000 square meters and the second project is the design and implementation of slaughterhouse in the wilayat on an area of 10,000 square meters.
"There are many projects that have been achieved in the wilayat over the 47 years of the blessed Renaissance, and we are proud when we talk about it," said Dr. Hamoud bin Mohammed al-Harsoosi, Member of Majlis A'Shura. He added that the wilayat has its share of the service projects in different sectors, such as education, health, transportation, electricity, water and communications, and the development wheel is continuing.
Abdul Rahim bin Zayed Al Junaibi, Head of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) Branch in the Governorate of Al Wusta, said that one of the most recent commercial and industrial achievements in the Wilayat of Haima and the Governorate of Al Wusta was the establishment of the new OMR250,000 OCCI Building in the governorate, which will contribute to the development of the future work.