Saudi Arabia starts building the Neom city

The most talked about Saudi’s Neom city. In the video, the excavators were seen digging wide trenches in the desert. Situated in the West Asian country’s northwest Tabuk province, is a 170-kilometer-long, 500-meter-tall city that aims to house nine million people and also boasts a mirrored wall. This is however one among the series of projects which make the $500 billion Neom project. The project wants to build a futuristic city with spaces for work, play, and living powered by AI and where everything will be accessible ‘within a five-minute walk and an efficient public transport network will offer an end-to-end journey in just 20 minutes.’ The city will be powered by renewable energy, including wind, solar, and hydrogen power, and become the first city in the world to be powered by renewable energy. The lush vegetation will be planted throughout the city to promote coexistence with nature. Saudi prince Mohammed Bin Salman, also known as MBS, who announced the plans said this will create a new way of living boosted by clean energy. Neom Bay, Aqaba Region, Neom Mountain, and Neom Industrial City will likely surround The Line. However, experts speaking to the architecture magazine DeZeen expressed their skepticism about the project saying that the claims regarding the sustainability and livability of Saudi’s 170-kilometer city are “naive”.