WHEN DUBAI HAD NO CARS

Did you know Dubai has gone through an age of no cars, roads, airport, electricity, no air condition and clean drinking water?

Recounting his earlier days, Dubai-based NRI entrepreneur Ram Buxani, said: “I landed in the UAE in 1959. There was no cold water. Even the water we used to drink was brought from far-flung places. It had flies, ants, cockroaches in it. We used to boil it and drink. “There was no airport apart from Sharjah airfield connecting the Trucial States. There were no roads. It would take between 6 to 15 hours to travel between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There were only sandy roads. We would stop when we would be confused and would wait for truck drivers.”