These days appear to be a thing of the past. Accordingly, a comprehensive plan was prepared for the development of southern Egypt and developmental projects were launched. These included new industrial areas, new housing communities, new bridges across the Nile, the improvement of the railway system and the establishment of infrastructure projects such as water, sewage, schools, hospitals and roads. The security measures that are enforced to combat terrorism are like a surgical operation that helps to alleviate a patient's pain but does not cure a chronic disease. He explained that these socio-economic problems are topped by unemployment.
Terrorism is a possibility at any time and any place if the soil is fertile.
Industrial and agricultural projects are the basic components of the development plan. As Hammam explained, there are six industrial zones in Assiut, in three of which the infrastructure and public utilities have been completed. These include a cardboard factory for packaging medicines, a shop for printing the products' usage instructions and a glass factory for manufacturing bottles. Chipsy, a potato chip-making company, was also attracted by Assiut. They found out that they have a large market here.