Building permits for Al Mutla’a, South Abdullah set

PAHW has received bids from companies

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 16: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of Services Dr. Abdullah Ma’arafi chaired the second coordination meeting with the relevant state authorities to complete the procedures for issuing building permits to citizens who got plots of land to build houses in Mutla’a Residential City and the South Abdullah Al-Mubarak.

The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) said in a press statement the meeting decided to announce next week the dates for issuing building permits for these two residential cities. During the meeting, the owners of the plots have called for overcoming difficulties and overcoming obstacles at each site to help expedite work.

The meeting was attended by the Minister of Public Works, Minister of Municipality Dr. Rana Al-Faris; Minister of Oil, Minister of Electricity and Water Dr. Muhammad Al-Faris; Director General of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare Eng Bader Al-Waqian, in addition to the Director General of the Public Authority for Roads and Transport (PART) Engr Suha Ashkanani and Director General the Kuwait Municipality, Engr Ahmed Al-Manfouhi; the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Public Works, Engr Ismail Al-Falikawi, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity and Water Engr Jassim

Al-Nouri, in addition to a group of senior officials.

On the other hand, Dr. Abdullah Ma’arafi announced that PAHW has received bids from companies eligible for investment opportunity in Sabah Al-Ahmad Residential City.

Dr. Ma’arafi explained the investment opportunity is a traditional market with a heritage urban character, with a land area of approximately 40,000 square meters in the service axis of the city.

He added that the traditional market consists of retail stores, commercial and entertainment outlets, cafés and restaurants, making the city a commercial and service center that will enrich the southern region of Kuwait.