KUWAIT CITY, Nov 12, (KUNA): State Minister for Housing and Services Jinan Boushehri announced Monday forming several technical teams to estimate damage in infrastructure of Sabah Al-Ahmad’s City due to the recent flash floods and heavy rains.

In a press statement, Minister Boushehri said the teams will inspect all the district sectors to determine the damage caused by the downpours, in addition to inspecting the work performed by companies with contracts with the ministry and present a report in one week.

The ministry has been working closely with the Ministry of Public Works to determine all causes of the damage to file a report to the fact finding committee, formed by Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Hussam Al-Roumi.

Minister Boushehri affirmed giving the fact finding committee all the support needed to find any kind of shortcoming, pointing out that any defaulting civil servant would be held accountable.

Complacency
There could not be any complacency in the rights of citizens, and endangering their lives due to lack of competence by the companies that built the district infrastructure, she warns. She has thanked all government institutions that have been working round the clock in the last few days to repair the damage.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuwait’s General Authority for Road and Land Transport Eng. Saud Al-Naqi announced Sunday the opening of the Manqaf city tunnel heading towards Kuwait City.

In a statement to Kuna, Al-Naqi said that the tunnel was cleaned out and noted that the other side would be opened to road users within two hours time. And in a very important move, Defense teams, in cooperation with Public Works Ministry managed Sunday to contain rainwaters in South Sabahiya area and redirect it away from residential areas, the Defense Ministry announced Sunday.

Forces on Duty, known as “Ghaith”, in cooperation with the ministry’s military facilities engineering department and in coordination with the Public Works Ministry, have resolved the crisis that caused rainwater floods in South Sabahiya area, the ministry said in a press statement.

The forces succeeded in opening the main manhole in the area and placing a concrete block to contain the waters and redirect it away from residential towns, it added.

Further on, Kuwait’s meteorological department said the weather on Monday would be partly cloudy and visibility will improve gradually with variable light to moderate NW wind with speed of 06-28 kmph.

By night, it will be fair with variable light to moderate wind, with speed of 06- 30 kmph and some scattered clouds will appear, it added.

کویت (محمد عرفان شفیق) میں شدید طوفانی بارش کا سلسلہ رات گئے سے علی الصبح تک بلا تعطل جاری رہا۔ شدید بارش سے نظام زندگی بری طرح متاثر ہوا ہے جسکے باعث تمام تعلیمی اداروں اور سرکاری دفاتر میں ہنگامی طور پر تعطیل کا اعلان کر دیا گیا۔ بارش کے باعث پروازوں کا شیڈول بھی متاثر ہوا۔ بارش کے رکنے تک کویت آنے والی تمام پروازوں کا رخ بحرین کی جانب موڑ دیا گیا۔ وزارت داخلہ، شہری دفاع اور پولیس کے ساتھ نوجوان بھی نکاسی آب کے لیے پرزور محنت کر رہے ہیں تاہم تمام بڑی شاہراوں کو پانی جمع ہونے کے باعث ٹریفک کے لیے بند کر دیا گیا ہے۔ سرکاری ٹیلیویڑن اور ریڈیوعوام کو باخبر رکھنے کے لئے وقفے وقفے سے آگاہ کر رہے ہیں۔

6-Nov-2018: Midnight rains in Kuwait have caused flooding in several key cities in Kuwait, roads across the country were effected however traffic department and Kuwait Fire service department along with PART have been working to clear of the conjustion. Meanwhile Kuwait Airways has announced that all scheduled flights to and from Kuwait International Airport will continue as scheduled and there are will be no cancelations.
Kuwait have witnessed heavy rains in the past two days, which lead to heavy flooding across various areas of Kuwait.
Interior Ministry in a statement issued last night has said that they are holding rescue operations in the flooded areas, evacuating people and children from buildings, closing roads and directing traffic away from flooded highways, and underpasses.

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Midnight rains in Kuwait have caused flooding in several key cities in Kuwait 6-Nov-2018

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6-Nov-2018: Midnight rains in Kuwait have caused flooding in several key cities in Kuwait, roads across the country were effected however traffic department and Kuwait Fire service department along with PART have been working to clear of the conjustion. Meanwhile Kuwait Airways has announced that all scheduled flights to and from Kuwait International Airport will continue as scheduled and there are will be no cancelations. Kuwait have witnessed heavy rains in the past two days, which lead to heavy flooding across various areas of Kuwait. Interior Ministry in a statement issued last night has said that they are holding rescue operations in the flooded areas, evacuating people and children from buildings, closing roads and directing traffic away from flooded highways, and underpasses.

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 30: The General Traffic Department is looking for the vehicle and the motorist who is seen driving a vehicle with the door open and loaded with some household materials, reports Al-Anba daily. The daily added, this came when the video clip of the incident went viral. A security source said five citations will be issued against the motorist – driving with the car door open, posing risk to other motorists, obstructing traffic on public road, carrying goods for which it is not specified and endangering his life and the life of others.

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 30: In a bid to organize the labor market and reduce the rate of marginal workers, the Public Authority of Manpower has released new conditions for movement of expatriate workers within various sectors in collaboration and cooperation with Civil Service Commission and the Ministry of Interior.

According to spokesperson of the authority and director of public relations and media Aseel Al- Mezyad, the conditions will be announced within the next few days to be applicable to recruitment of workers from outside, decisions regulating the labor market and population restructure.

She said every expatriate worker moving from private to public sector must obtain approval of the Civil Service Commission based on relevant regulations. She continued that for a worker to move from public to private sector, they must prove justifications for their need according to economic activity or contract project in which the employer is involved.

This is in addition to evaluation of whether the employer deserves to include other workers on his license, while the profession should tally with the academic attainment. Central Administration for Statistics has revealed that a total number of workers in the country is around 2.2 million.

Kuwaitis cover 361,500 of the number as against 1.7 million expatriates. workers from non- Arab Asian countries have the highest portion of 50.6 percent followed by Arabs who constitute 29.9 percent at a total number of 611,000.

Indians and Egyptians are on top of the 10 nationalities with the highest numbers of about 570,000 and 470,000 respectively. It was reported that total number of expatriate workers registered at the Public Authority for Manpower reached 1.6 million from 165 nationalities.

Source: Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 27: Personnel from Criminal Investigations Department (CID) have arrested 124 people. They included absconders and violators of residence and labor laws, reports Al-Rai daily. The arrest came during a nationwide campaign which included all governorates. The Interior Ministry, in a statement asserted the security campaigns will continue, keeping in mind the security and safety of the country – residents and citizens.

Source: Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: An Asian expatriate died due to a fire that broke out in the Capital Security Operations building. A police officer sustained injuries in his hand while trying to rescue the victim.

According to sources, when the Control Room of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) received information about the fire, fire-fighters rushed to the location and discovered an Asian expatriate was trapped at the location where the fire broke out. He was alive when firefighters rescued him but he died on the way to the hospital. A police officer sustained injuries in his hand while trying to rescue him.

Fire-fighters extinguished the fire before it spread further. Preliminary investigations revealed that a short circuit in one of the air-conditioning units is the reason for the fire. Further investigations are ongoing.

Meanwhile, a man, his son, two housemaids and a houseboy suffered from smoke inhalation when fire broke out in a house in Mubarak Al-Kabeer area. Fire-fighters rushed to the location after receiving information about the house on fire.

They rescued the five individuals who were trapped inside the fire and referred them to paramedics who treated the victims at the site. Fire-fighters extinguished the fire within a short time before it spread further.

Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the fire. Also, fire broke out in the chalet of a cement factory in Sulaibiya Industrial Area. When the Control Room of KFSD received information about the fire, firefighters rushed to the location within five minutes and discovered that the fire had spread over an area of 1,500 square meters.

They extinguished the fire within a short time. No casualties were reported. In addition, four chalets of prefabricated material were engulfed in flames, which were extinguished by firefighters without any casualties. Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the fire.

By Munaif Nayef and Meshal Al-Sanousi Al-Seyassah Staff