His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, stated right now that Dubai stays dedicated to repeatedly enhancing its providers, amenities, and infrastructure to consolidate its place as one of many world’s finest cities to dwell, work, and go to.
Talking throughout a go to to Hatta, His Highness additionally emphasised the very important position of youth in driving sustainable growth. “Our tasks empower individuals, create alternatives, and guarantee prosperity. Our goal is to make Hatta a worldwide mannequin for concord between people and nature, pushed by innovation in sustainable growth,” he added.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid reviewed the progress of key growth tasks aligned with Dubai’s Imaginative and prescient 2030, the Dubai Financial Agenda D33, and the Dubai Social Agenda 33.
Upon arrival, His Highness was welcomed by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-Common and Chairman of the Board of Govt Administrators of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Chairman of the Supreme Committee to Oversee the Growth of Hatta; Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of the Dubai Electrical energy and Water Authority (DEWA); and different senior officers.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed was briefed by Mattar Al Tayer on the progress of 65 initiatives in Hatta, that includes a complete worth of AED3.6 billion, 41 of which have been accomplished.
The tasks are a part of the Hatta Grasp Growth Plan, geared toward bettering high quality of life, enhancing providers for residents and guests, and accelerating the area’s social, financial, and academic growth.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed and his entourage visited the Hatta Winter Competition, one of many 5 festivals that type a part of Hatta Winter 2024. Launched earlier this month by H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, Hatta Winter, operating till twenty second January, 2025, spotlights Hatta’s rising profile as a must-visit winter vacation spot, combining cultural, leisure, instructional and sports activities actions catering to individuals of all ages.
Shaima Al Suwaidi, Director of Model Dubai, the inventive arm of the Authorities of Dubai Media Workplace, briefed His Highness concerning the initiative, which incorporates 4 different festivals: Hatta Cultural Nights organised by the Dubai Tradition and Arts Authority, Hatta Honey Competition and Hatta Agricultural Competition, each organised by Dubai Municipality, and Hatta x DSF organised by the Dubai Division of Financial system and Tourism.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed was briefed on the initiative’s deal with selling native tasks, creating alternatives for the non-public sector and entrepreneurs based mostly in Hatta, and highlighting the choices of members of Model Dubai’s Proudly From Dubai community. His Highness counseled Model Dubai’s efforts to help tourism and business growth within the space by way of the Hatta Winter initiative.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed unveiled the Hatta Sustainable Waterfalls mission, applied by DEWA as a part of the Hatta Grasp Growth Plan. The mission contains a beautiful waterfall descending from the Hatta Dam, and the world’s largest mosaic panel on the waterfall’s slope, recognised by Guinness World Information. Overlaying 2,200 sq. metres and crafted from 1.2 million items of pure marble, the mosaic pays tribute to the UAE’s founding fathers, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The Hatta Sustainable Waterfalls mission goals to spice up tourism and funding within the area, with retail shops and F&B shops supplied freed from cost to native Emirati residents.
His Highness was additionally briefed on DEWA’s tasks in Hatta, together with the 250 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric energy plant, the 30 million imperial gallon water reservoir, the strategic water interconnection tasks with different emirates, and the Shams Dubai Initiative, which inspires residents and companies to put in photovoltaic panels on rooftops to generate photo voltaic vitality and connect with DEWA’s electrical energy grid.
In the course of the tour, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed visited profitable tasks launched by Khalifa and Ahmed Al Bedwawi, two younger engineers from Hatta. Their GoGravity mission, launched in 2018, manufactures electrical bikes for mountainous areas and rugged terrain. Embodying the ‘Made within the UAE’ spirit, the mission has now expanded to incorporate worldwide exports.
His Highness was briefed on the mission and noticed a mannequin of their four-wheeled electrical bikes.His Highness additionally visited the Al Bedwawi Honey mission, the place he realized about its beekeeping and honey manufacturing actions from Emirati entrepreneur Mohammed bin Ham Al Bedwawi.
In the course of the go to, His Highness engaged with Hatta’s residents and mentioned ongoing growth efforts. Sheikh Mohammed listened to their concepts and options for additional growing Hatta’s potential, leveraging its pure and heritage sources.
His Highness was briefed on three ongoing tasks in Hatta being applied in partnership with the non-public sector. The Hatta Seashore mission, overlaying 53,000 sq. metres, goals to rework the world right into a year-round vacationer vacation spot. It contains a 10,000-square-metre seashore, a synthetic ‘Crystal Lagoon’, service amenities, relaxation areas, pedestrian pathways, biking tracks, eating places, meals vehicles, and an outside cinema, along with providing swimming and water sports activities actions. The opposite two tasks embrace the event of accommodations and resorts and the Hatta Downtown mission.
His Highness additionally reviewed 24 ongoing tasks in Hatta, together with a world class mannequin college for 700-1,000 college students. He additionally reviewed the Hatta Majlis mission, a neighborhood gathering area for 100 individuals. Different tasks embrace a 1,000-guest wedding ceremony corridor, the Hatta Dam Amphitheatre, the Hatta Service Centre, 200 houses for Emirati residents, and a mannequin residential neighbourhood.
The mission portfolio additionally contains growth of biking and mountain biking trails, the first-of-its-kind hydroelectric energy station within the GCC area with a capability of 250 MW and 1,500 MWh storage, and the Dubai Mountain Peak cable automotive. The 5.4-kilometre cable automotive will transport vacationers from Hatta Dam to the summit of Um Al Nesoor Peak, the best pure summit in Dubai, passing over the Hatta Lake, the hydroelectric energy station, and the encircling mountains.
Different tasks embrace the event of the Hatta Hospital, enhancements to the Hatta Sports activities Membership, and the upkeep of dams throughout the area.
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