Hawalli Governorate’s panel ‘rejects’ transfer of MoI bldg to another area

Committee approves site for a mosque

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 30, (KUNA): Hawalli Governorate’s Committee at the Municipal Council has rejected a request to transfer the Ministry of Interior building (traffic and execution of rulings edifice) and Traffic Technical Inspection building in Jabriya area to another place outside its current location.

In a statement to the press, chairperson of the Hawalli Governorate Committee Abdullah Al-Roumi said members unanimously approved the request to prepare a report on the application filed by the Union of Consumer Co-Operative Societies to lease some of the floors at its headquarters in Hawalli.

He added the committee has reserved several issues- among them proposal on the possibility of linking Failaka Island with Silk City (Madinat al-Hareer) or Sheikh Jaber bridge, and publishing in the official Gazette and via social media the list of names of shops and warehouses found dealing in expired goods and foodstuffs unsuitable for human consumption, in addition to the formation of a technical committee to ease burden on the national budget.

Also, the committee approved a request by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to allocate a site for a mosque in Shaab area, and rejected a proposal to establish an access road to Bayan residential area at the feeder road from Fahaheel Expressway and also create an entrance to Sadeeq area from Khaitan, he added.

Al-Roumi indicated the committee referred several issues, among them establishing an exit road from Mubarak Al-Abdullah suburb (West Mishref) on the King Fahad Expressway, and obliging residential buildings to put all services on the rooftop while recycling wastes. It also included installation of varieties of waste bins in the commercial complexes and market areas, and with further explanation and information on the aforementioned proposals.