WORK is set to resume on a government housing project in Juffair, Bahrain, which has been delayed for several months amid a dispute among government departments about who owned the land. However, the number of apartments planned has been more than halved from an initial 100 down to 46.

The Housing Ministry was forced to halt construction on the two apartment buildings in December after it discovered the plot had been registered in the name of the Energy Ministry.

A total of 100 families were set to move into the two new apartment buildings at the site, which were to be built in two phases. Plans also included a new building for the Juffair Charitable Society and one for the Al Nasr Club, which was in line for an expansion. The land will now have two projects: an electricity power plant and 46 apartments instead of 100.