Municipality launches huge campaign to clean roads and spray disinfectants
Fishermen exploiting situation violating laws
The Minister of Interior Anas Al-Saleh during the tour of roads and various other places to check the security situation in the country. KUWAIT CITY, March 23: Kuwait Municipality, with cooperation of a private company specialized in supply of cleaning equipment and machines, launched the biggest cleaning campaign in the country. It will involve removal of construction debris, cleaning roads and streets and spraying disinfectants, and removing everything that mars the beauty of the areas in all governorates. This campaign is aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus in the country, reports AlSeyassah daily.
According to a press release, State Minister for Municipal Affairs and Director General of Kuwait Municipality have been keenly following up the operations which began in Farwaniya and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh areas. The campaign will include South Farwaniya area opposite Ghazali Road, Dajeej area, and Ardiya Industrial Area.
Kuwait Municipality stressed the need for private sector’s cooperation and participation for the benefit of Kuwait, adding that it has made available all necessary equipment to assist in cleaning and disinfecting all the governorates.
The official spokesman of the ministry Engr Abdullah Al-Ajmi said, “During a meeting, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Works agreed to discuss latest developments in the coronavirus outbreak and highlight the buildings which the Ministry of Public Works has allocated for this purpose. They will visit these buildings to determine the needs in order for them to be suitable for housing the labor and to apply measures for protecting these labor from contracting coronavirus”.
He revealed that the meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of Ministry of Health Dr Mustafa AlRedha, Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Affairs Dr Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, and Assistant Undersecretary for Services Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Tashi as well as Undersecretary of Ministry of Public Works Ismail Ali, and Assistant Undersecretary for Maintenance Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Sabah.
‘Killer is bedoun’:
The man who killed the Indian driver in Al-Nahda is a bedoun and not Kuwaiti as was mentioned earlier, reports Al-Rai daily.
A security source said the investigations indicated that the murderer was not a Kuwaiti born in 1993, as mentioned earlier but a bedoun who is believed to be in his 20s.
Following the argument with the driver, the suspect allegedly went to the kitchen and stabbed the driver in the neck several times on a dispute over a trivial matter.
Fishermen violators:
At a time
Fire-fighters from four stations rushed to the blaze site. The building was evacuated before extinguishing
the fire.
Fire broke out in a flat on the fifth floor of a ten-storied building in Hawally area.
According to a press release issued by Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD), when the Control Room of KFSD received
when the government agencies are preoccupied fighting to control the spread of the coronavirus in Kuwait, several people have taken it as a good opportunity to violate the laws, reports Al-Rai daily.
The Al-Rai daily cameraman saw several people fishing in Kuwait Bay near the Jaber Bridge in clear violations of the law.
In the meantime, a source told the daily the Marine Control Department of the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) is suffering because the maintenance contract for maritime patrol boats has expired and that added, the contract for repair was signed only once, and that it is not sufficient since the patrol boats need regular maintenance.
The daily added, the fishermen are fully aware that the concerned authorities are busy fighting the coronavirus information about the flat on fire in Hawally area, firefighters from four fire stations rushed to the location with securitymen and paramedics and extinguished the fire within a short time after evacuating all the tenants from the building.
and believe, ‘Why not take advantage of the situation’. The security services particularly the Coast Guard must confront the violators.
Release ordered:
In a humanitarian gesture that reflects the spirit of the law, and to prevent overcrowding, for fear that any suspect infected with the coronavirus, civil execution judges have decided to release all those arrested for failure to pay debts, reports Al-Qabas daily.
A source familiar with the issue told the daily said since the Council of Ministers has issued a decision to suspend government work, civil execution judges have as usual have got in touch with the Sentences Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Interior on the issue of debts.
According to the source it is unusual that the judges the judges release arrested people but given the exceptional circumstances in the country and for fear of the virus spreading the decision has been taken in this regard.
Kuwaiti referred to SS:
Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has referred an unidentified Kuwaiti to the State Security police for tearing up the picture of prominent political figure inside the Jahra stables, reports AlRai daily.
The daily added the suspect appeared abnormal when he was arrested. He allegedly, after tearing the poster, boasted about what he had done.
The source stated, “The detectives referred the accused to the State Security Service for investigation to know the motive behind his acts.”