Maintenance service markets planned in Dubai communities

THEY WILL OFFER PROFESSIONAL HELP, INCLUDING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK

Dubai residents having difficulty in finding maintenance services in their neighbourhood will benefit from a new initiative planned by the civic body.

Residential neighbourhoods in Dubai are set to get specialised markets that will offer services of all household needs, Dubai Municipality said yesterday.

Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of Dubai Municipality, approved a study prepared by the municipality’s Assets Management Department to set up markets for urgent household needs in residential neighbourhoods, the civic body said.

“These markets will cater to professions related to urgent maintenance needs of homes such as electricity, plumbing, stitching, air conditioning, electrical works of cars, and necessities related to pharmacies and bakeries, facilitating the services to be provided at homes,” the release said.

“The municipality has conducted many surveys among the public and customers resulting in the adoption of a proposal to establish markets in residential neighbourhoods called “Professional Markets in Residential Neighbourhoods” that will include all the professions that the public may need in running their daily lives,” said Juma Al Fuqaie, director of Assets Management Department. However, the municipality did not clarify when and where exactly such markets would be set up.

Facelift for souqs

Meanwhile, Lootah has also asked the officials of the Assets Management Department to improve the working environment in a number of markets in Dubai, namely the Fahidi Souq, Souq Al Shaabi, Truck Market and the Birds and Pets Market, the civic body stated.

Al Fuqaie said a meeting was held with traders from all the four markets to discuss their views to enhance business in all these markets within the framework of a plan, which the municipality will implement in cooperation with other government departments.

“There has been great cooperation from these departments in increasing trade movement in the emirate as they are also working to make all the customers in the emirate happy in order to achieve the concept of Happy Dubai.”

He said as per the plan, more parking facilities will be provided for shoppers in Al Fahidi area, in addition to facilitating and activating the movement of vehicles, in cooperation with the Roads and Transport Authority.