Minister of local development, Ahmed Zaki Badr said Sunday in a statement to reporters that Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail had allocated nine pieces of land in New Valley governorate, to his ministry. Badr explained that this step comes in light of his ministry's plans to establish a number of service projects within the governorate, Al Bawaba News reported. He pointed out that service projects include the establishment of a store for the sale of government-subsided commodities, 50 houses, drinking water purification plant, a mosque, a branch of Nasser social bank, 30 stores, and sewage treatment plant.