Services
22 reports and warnings in a campaign on shops
A campaign with the health, supply and food safety authorities from Qasr Ras El Tin to the Corniche.
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Community & culture
The “My Family, My Strength” initiative for people with disabilities and their families
Events at the Alexandria Association for the Blind on El Gazayer Street for fifty people with disabilities and their families, with “100 Days of Health” services.
Announcements
An inner collapse in a building in Haret Omran, El Manshiya, with no victims
The building has had a restoration order since 2013; the dangerous parts were removed.
Projects
A dip in the Corniche road by Ismail Sabri mended
Part of the roads directorate’s work at the end of September 2026.
Services
A large campaign in the streets and squares of El Manshiya
The campaign cleared encroachments from France, El Nasr and Nubar streets and Tahrir and Mohamed Ali Squares, and opened the roads through the market.
Services
A sudden break in a water main at Sidi El Khalifa mended
The water company mended the break with the district and the traffic police, and the supply returned.
Services
Encroachments cleared around the El Manshiya telephone exchange
A campaign on Old Bourse Street and other streets of El Manshiya.
Projects
Paving by the citadel wall, the marine institute and Queen Nazli Hospital
Two weeks of the roads directorate’s work in El Gomrok District.
Announcements
Part of a building collapses on Ali Bek Geneina Street, with no injuries
The building has had a restoration order since 1985; the dangerous parts are being removed.
Community & culture
The “Alexandria Celebrates” caravan behind the Unknown Soldier
A day of fun and awareness for families on Ahmed Orabi Square, with a medical convoy.
Community & culture
The deputy governor visits the beach for people with disabilities at El Anfoushi
A visit to look at improving the beach’s services, with first aid and self-care workshops.
Announcements
Parts of an old building fall in Souq El Samak El Qadim, El Anfoushi
The family living there had left moments before; no one was hurt.
Services
The governor’s surprise evening visit to Ras El Tin General Hospital
The governor inspected admissions and emergency, and asked for medical staff on duty at night to be checked.
Services
The streets of Souq El Midan fully reopened after violations were removed
A later campaign cleared encroachments from the door of the historic El Shorbagi Mosque, which is closed.
Services
A large campaign on El Manshiya square and around the Unknown Soldier
The campaign seized 242 encroachments, taken to the utilities police stores.
Services
138 encroachments and 17 violations removed in a large campaign
With the utilities police, from El Nokrashy Street to the Corniche.
Announcements
A building collapses in Atfet El Salawi; the governor orders compensation
The building had a full demolition order from 2013; one of its residents died when it fell.
Projects
The Mosques Square gets ready for the mawlid of al-Mursi Abu al-Abbas
The Awqaf ministry has largely finished the square and the work on its mosques and shrines, part of a 271 million pound project.
Services
Ras El Tin and El Anfoushi hospitals to become model hospitals
The El Gomrok medical area’s meeting reviewed the upgrade of El Anfoushi children’s hospital and the cardiac catheter unit at Ras El Tin hospital.
Services
Three days of inspections from Ras El Tin to Safar Pasha
7 premises closed and sealed, unfit products destroyed and 29 warnings issued.
Services
167 encroachments and 10 unlicensed adverts removed
Morning and evening campaigns from El Farahda and El Bab El Akhdar to Qasr Ras El Tin and El Sabaa Banat.
Services
Two premises closed and 120 kg of spoiled food destroyed
The campaign checked licences and food safety, and seized 258 kg of unfit meat.
Announcements
The governor holds a public meeting at El Gomrok District headquarters
Forty complaints and requests from residents of El Gomrok, West and El Agami districts were heard, and the governor ordered 9 jobs found.
Services
15 premises closed for breaking closing hours
The campaign seized 40 encroachments and issued 5 warnings, and asked shops to save electricity.
Announcements
An inner ceiling falls in an empty building on El Fouli Street, with no injuries
The old building, off Souq El Samak, has a removal order.
Announcements
Buildings at risk of collapse demolished after urgent court rulings
Among them No. 8 El Qadi Gamal El Din Street in El Manshiya and No. 68 El Bahareya Street.
Announcements
Four families moved out after floors fall in a building on Wekalet El Limoun Street
Civil defence brought an injured woman out of the rubble; the building has a full demolition order.
Announcements
A resident dies after a ceiling falls in a building on Sidi Daoud Street
No. 14, in El Haggari, has a partial demolition order; the district cordoned off the site.
Services
36 encroachments cleared from the Corniche and Ismail Sabri and Abu El Abbas streets
The electricity department made a cable safe and mended lights, and the gardens department trimmed the Corniche islands.
Projects
The new fish market at El Anfoushi: a complete modern market
A wholesale market, auctions, cold stores and restaurants over the sea; about 90% of the extension’s structural work is done.
Projects
The governor tours the Mosques Square, the fish market and the citadel’s surroundings
The governor visited the district’s technology centre and heard residents’ complaints, and stopped at a tilting building in Ras El Tin.
Services
47 encroachments cleared, and Haret Qorra reopened after parts of a building fell
Morning and evening campaigns from Tahrir Square to the Corniche, and 25 palms pruned.
Projects
42 encroachments cleared and potholes mended on El Qaed Gawhar Street and St Catherine Square
A campaign to ease traffic on El Nasr, El Sekka El Gedida and Hammam El Warsha streets.
Services
Ready for the rain on France, El Bahareya and El Nasr streets
The district pumped away standing water with the drainage company, and the cleaning company cleared the streets.
Services
The one-day market on Orabi Square, El Manshiya
Food at reduced prices and stalls for family producers, with a free medical convoy and a water company service van.
Announcements
Residents met at the technology centre, with reception every Tuesday
The head of the district met residents at the technology centre, and the district said residents are received there every Tuesday.
Services
A morning campaign on Orabi and Tahrir Squares
The campaign cleared 24 encroachments and moved street vendors out of the gardens.
Services
27 reports and warnings in a large campaign against encroachments
The district’s campaigns cleared 72 encroachments from busy streets, with on-the-spot fines and follow-up to stop them coming back.
Announcements
An eight-storey building collapses on El Shorbagi Street after it was evacuated
The building was evacuated minutes before it fell; it had a demolition order, then an order to remove four storeys and restore it, which was not carried out.
Services
A free medical convoy at the El Amal unit on 1 November
A free convoy at the El Amal unit in El Gomrok District opened the November 2025 schedule of medical convoys.