Blogger Yahia Shawkat, wrote about the project on his blog Shadow Ministry of Housing : This project faced a lot of criticism and opposition from professionals, specialists and society as 61 per cent of citizens affected by this project oppose it because it was adopted by the dissolved National Democratic Party (former ruling party in Egypt) as it aimed to transfer millions of inhabitants to carry out massive plans of this so-called development. The blogger continues: Many thought that the revolution has eliminated the dangers of such a project.