Municipal Council approves donation for Darwaza tunnel

KUWAIT: The Municipal Council approved in its main session on Monday a donation provided by the commercial bank towards the restoration of the tunnel under the Darwaza Al-Abdulrazzaq Square. The donation, which amounts to KD 650,000, will be used for the project, following the municipality’s technical review and with approval from the Council of Ministers.

Work on the Darwaza Al-Abdulrazzaq Square project resumed last Wednesday following a nearly five-year suspension. The repairs on the project involve both the upper and lower sections of the tunnel to guarantee comprehensive safety of the junction and facilitate transportation on the road. Work on the project had been paused for years due to a dispute related to the tunnel.

Head of the Council Abdullah Al-Mohri also approved the minutes of the fourteenth ordinary meeting of the second session, which was held on March 4. He also took note of a letter penned by the general secretary of the Council of Ministers regarding the municipal council’s approval of a complaint submitted by the residents of the Abu Al-Hasani area regarding the area’s name.The residents had submitted the complaint in February 2023, calling on the municipal council to maintain the names of blocks 1 and 2 in the area as its historical name of Abu Al-Hasania, instead of the newly bestowed name of Abu Fatira. The residents said the new name was causing them issues when doing government paperwork. Former Municipal Minister Fahad Al-Shula approved the municipal council’s decision to heed the residents’ complaint and keep the historical name of Abu Al-Hasania.