Campaign to update landowners’ data in real estate sector concludes

Sajjad Ahmad, Gulf Today

The Real Estate Registration Department in Sharjah has announced the conclusion of its campaign, launched in cooperation with Sharjah’s District & Villages Affairs Department, to update landowners’ data in the real estate sector in various areas of Sharjah.

The campaign, which ran from March 28th to 29th May, targeted all real estate owners in Sharjah, including citizens, residents, and investors of various nationalities, and aimed to preserve the rights of landowners and to update their data.

Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director-General of the Department, commended the success of the campaign and praised the great cooperation shown by the District & Villages Affairs Department represented by its chairman, Khamis bin Salem Al Suwaidi, and all its employees for their full cooperation, harnessing all the capabilities of the department, and for opening the doors of suburban councils in various areas to the landowners throughout the previous period, which at the end resulted in the success of the campaign.

Al Shamsi stated that the number of landowners who participated in the campaign reached about 2,100, while the number of property deeds that had been updated reached about 5,000 bonds distributed over the various areas and regions of the emirate.

The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD), recently received a delegation from the Committee of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Municipalities, Security and Public Utilities Affairs of the Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC).

At the commencement of the meeting, Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director General (DG) of Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD), welcomed the guest delegation and praised the efforts made by all the authorities working in the emirate to provide the best services to the residents of Sharjah.

Al Shamsi explained all the services, frameworks, and mechanisms which are implemented to serve all real estate workers in the in the emirate, and the most important projects which are provided to develop this vital sector of its economy.

For his part, Obaid Mohammed Al Qabid Al Tunaiji, head of the committee’s delegation and its rapporteur, conveyed the greetings from the Council’s Chairman, the Vice-President, the Secretary-General, and other members of the Council to the Real Estate Registration Department and to all its cadres.

He assured that the committee pays great attention to the Department because of its important role in following up all the work of real estate, the planning, and the development of this vital sector in Sharjah. In addition, he expressed the Council’s appreciation for the role of the department and its keenness to develop its performance system, in addition to the great reputation and the big leaps which he noticed in all the provided services, not forgetting to mention the efficiency of the human cadres.

Al-Tunaiji stressed that through this meeting with the department, they will be able to integrate roles in order to reach the goals aspired by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and sponsored by Sheikh Sultan Bin Muhammad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), in order to have permanent development in the working system in various departments and agencies of Sharjah government.

Separately, The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) will hold its 18th session on Thursday 3rd June, 2021 as part of its work for the second regular session of the tenth legislative term.

The session will be chaired by Ali Mehd Al Suwaidi, Chairman of SCC, at the council’s headquarters in Sharjah, after taking all precautions, safety measures and physical distancing.

The Council will discuss the policy of the Real Estate Registration Department in the Emirate of Sharjah in the presence of Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director General of the Real Estate Registration Department.