According to informed sources, 25,000 properties in Makkah will be expropriated within the next few years, in favor of public transportation projects that include the establishment of 20 train stations within Umm Al-Qura, in addition to slum development projects, adding that part of the expropriation will start during the current year.

The source added that the expropriation will affect the Malawi neighborhood with an area of 180,000 m2, and the Kuwer market opposite the entrance to Jarhum Street. The sources added that the expropriation will affect the Malawi neighborhood with an area of 180,000 m2, and the Kuwer market opposite the entrance to Jarhum Street with an area of 160,000 m2, while the Bahirat neighborhood north of Mecca will witness a major removal to establish a train station.

The sources added that part of the expropriation will start this year.