Over 10,000 residential plots allotted by end of August

Muscat: A total of 10,564 residential properties across the country were allotted by the end of August 2020, compared to 17,833 plots in the same period of 2019, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.

This is a decrease of 40.8 per cent, statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), show.

The Governorate of North Al Sharqiyah was allotted 1,992 residential lands till the end of August 2020, which is the highest among governorates. This was followed by Muscat with 1,632 properties, Al Dakhliyah with 1,575, North Al-Batinah with 1,192 and Al Dhahirah with 1,144 plots.

The governorates of Dhofar, South Al Sharqiyah, South Al-Batinah, Al-Wusta and Musandam were allotted 1093, 877, 549, 202 and 162 residential properties, respectively. Al-Buraimi was allotted 146 plots, which is the lowest among governorates.

Meanwhile, the governorates of Dhofar, North Al-Batinah and Al Dhahirah witnessed an increase in the number of lands allotted at the end of August 2020 compared to the same period of 2019.