State property infringements continue

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality recently removed many encroachments on state property, especially those blocking the way to beaches, after the issue was highlighted by Kuwait Times last month and many other people who reported cases of such violations. But new infringements on state property are continuing.

Visitors to a beach near Salwa were unpleasantly surprised when they found an empty yard leading to the sea blocked by a fence with a locked gate. Previously, the violator was blocking the yard with vehicle and shrubbery, but has now erected a fence to block it completely.

Kuwait Times reported this violation to the Municipality, which is in charge of violations of state property, through the new municipal hotline 24727732. The operator of the line demanded the caller’s name, report type and full address, along with the location to be sent to this number.

After sending full details of the location, nobody responded, even after repeated follow-up on this number. The Municipality hotline 139 is out of service without any intimation. Furthermore, its official website is unreachable. So people are currently not able to report any violations.

The Municipality account on Instagram @Kuwmun - is still operational, but comments on posts are blocked. And it seems nobody is answering direct messages. A post with statistics of complaints mentions these complaints were made through both hotlines. On its Twitter account @Kuwmun, the Municipality has posts mentioning receiving complaints through the WhatsApp hotline mentioned above. It also doesn’t reply to most comments on Twitter.