We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,
and the Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit issued by Royal Decree 64/78 and its amendments,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The project for the construction of a groundwater recharge dam on Wadi Al-Khub in the Wilayat of Dibba specified in the attached note and masterplan to be implemented in the Wilayat of Dibba is hereby deemed a public benefit project.
Article II
The competent entities may seize, through direct execution, real estate and land necessary for the project, and all establishments on them, in accordance with the provisions of the mentioned Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 8 Jumada Al-Awwal 1426
Corresponding to: 15 June 2005
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 794 issued on 2 July 2005.
Note on Declaring the Public Benefit Status of the Project for Constructing a Groundwater Recharge Dam on Wadi Al-Khub in the Wilayat of Dibba
Based on the royal directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said—may God protect him and save him—regarding the mentioned project, this ministry has taken the necessary measures to implement the project in coordination with the competent entities, and the study resulted in the need to carry out the following works to implement the project:
– Preparing the land and its appurtenances.
– Constructing a dam for underground recharge with a length of 500 m and a maximum height of 17.4 m of compacted stones and earth.
– Supplying the dam with a concrete spillway with a length of 200 m.
– Supplying the dam with a network for hydrological monitoring (water level measuring device and monitoring wells).
– Diverting roads affected by the construction of the dam.
Considering that some real estate and land owned by citizens obstruct the implementation of the mentioned project, a royal decree is required to declare the public benefit status of the mentioned project and to take measures to expropriate those real estate and lands in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Expropriation for Public Benefit issued by Royal Decree 64/78 and its amendments, in addition to allocating and reallocating some government land for the same purpose.
The Minister of Regional Municipalities, Environment, and Water Resources
Note: The plans mentioned in this royal decree were not published in the Official Gazette.