New purpose-built worker campus opens in Rusayl

MUSCAT: A new purpose-built campus that can accommodate up to 30,000 workers in Oman has been opened in Rusayl Industrial City, in the presence of the country’s Minister of Housing, Dr Khalid bin Salem Al Mata’ani.

The BBH Group labour city has been built as part of the plan to boost productivity by providing good quality housing for workers which is close to their work sites.

The Minister of Housing expressed his delight at the development project as it took into consideration the needs of the whole community.

He considered it a quality project that would meet the requirements of both the workers and other citizens.

“It will ensure calm in residential neighbourhoods on the one hand and on the other hand provide an alternative for employers to find housing for their workers near their workplaces,” said the Minister of Housing.

“It will, of course, have a lot of results even in terms of productivity along with the benefits of building new houses with different services and utilities”.

Adding to this, Dr Khalid bin Salim Al Matani, the Chairman of BBH said, “The group is inspired in its projects by ideas from the community and these take shape in accordance with the requirements of development in the Sultanate. We are continuing our plan to establish quality projects to meet the needs of the different sections of society.

“The importance of establishing the worker city lies in that it is the first project in Muscat to provide housing to workers away from residential neighbourhoods,” he said.

“This is a demand imposed by the variables of life at the present time and meets the need of employers in creating such private housing for their workers, which raises the level of productivity and reduces the problems that may occur as a result of their stay in residential neighbourhoods.”

The worker city is located at a crossroads in the Rusayl Industrial Estate and has all the facilities and services required by the workers such as banking services, money exchange services, restaurants, cafes, a mosque, entertainment facilities and a highquality surveillance system.

In addition, the city enjoys good infrastructure of roads, parking and gates that take into account ease of entry and exit and transport services to and from work sites.