The Minister Of Public Works Enquire The Reason For Floods

25 March 2017 Kuwait

The minister of public works on Saturday said that a panel would be formed to examine why some roads and public places were swamped with rain water. Minister Al-Mutawaa held an emergency meeting with officials of his department to take a stock of the situation after the heavy rain witnessed in Kuwait yesterday.
A special and neutral committee will be formed to examine causes that led to accumulation of huge volumes of water onto the roads and public squares in the country, he added, indicating that names of the civil servants responsible for the problem would be publicized. The relevant panel will prepare a report about the issue and refer it to the competent authorities in two weeks.
Several low-level locations in the country, especially in Mangaf, Fahaheel area were swamped with torrential rain water yesterday, amid an unstable weather gripping the whole Arabian Peninsula.
Meanwhile, the Kuwait Fire Safety department informed that the department received 49 Flood Response and rescued 20 families during yesterday rain. The hospitals in Kuwait received 433 emergency cases after the heavy rain. The water submerged many cars and left many people stranded yesterday night.

SOURCE : IIK

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