The floating city of Muhammad bin Salman; Criticism of ‘Oxygen’ utopian project
Riyadh: ‘Oxygen’ is one of the luxury projects announced by Saudi Arabia recently. The project envisions an octagonal, octagonal watershed industrial city.
The project, which claims to float in the Red Sea, was announced by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The project was announced on Tuesday.
Oxygen is said to be the largest ‘floating structure’ in the world.
Oxygen will be located on the southwest side of the cross-border technical mega city of Niomam under construction in Saudi Arabia. Neom City is under construction, claiming to be 33 times the size of New York City.
“As part of our Mission 2030 plan, Oxygen will accelerate the economic growth of Nium and Saudi Arabia,” said Mohammed bin Salman. The MBS press release states that the city will operate entirely on renewable energy.
Details of the cost of the project have not been released. According to the NEOM website, human habitation in the city of Oxygen will begin by 2024 and construction will be completed by 2030.
The project was launched through a two-minute promotional video. However, the video does not have the exact details of the project, which raises doubts about its implementation.
Critics say the video does not explain why people should live in a flooded city and that it is a utopian city.
Posts are also appearing on social media mocking the project. MBS has also been criticized for designing fantasy cities.
“Like many of the previously announced plans, Oxygen is not going to work. When one project fails, he starts the next project to cover up his own failures and crimes, ”London-based Saudi activist Alia al-Huwaiti told the Middle East Eye.
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