KUWAIT:Describing Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh as a land of outlaws and total chaos, MP MajedAl-Mutairi yesterday sent a series of questions to the state minister formunicipality affairs about government plans for the densely-populated areas forexpatriates.
The lawmaker saidthat the area, which is home to tens of thousands of expatriates, a majority ofwhom are Asian, looks like an area from a totally different world despite itshighly important strategic location near the international airport, the newuniversity and the country's main sports stadium. With its random and chaoticmarkets which disrupt traffic, the area has become a slum area like theresidential areas being removed from major Arab cities, he said.
The area is alsocrowded with single expat unskilled laborers many of whom are law violators,making the area home to outlaws, said Mutairi, adding that constructionorganization is almost absent from the area making it extremely difficult forany future plan to develop the area.
The lawmakerasked the minister about proposed government plans to resolve the problems ofJleeb Al-Shuyoukh and the main difficulties facing its execution. He also askedif the ministry has any plans to remove the unlicensed random road markets andif the government has any plans to revamp the whole area. Mutairi asked theminister about the number of single men living in the area and why the ministryhas not penalized landlords who lease their buildings to bachelors in violationof the law.
Meanwhile, MPscriticized the government yesterday for failing to make the necessary repairsfor the roads hit by last year's flooding and for not paying compensation topeople whose property was damaged. MP Yousef Al-Fadhalah said the minister ofpublic works has said that road repairs will be completed in December this yearwhich is a long delay, adding that many roads are not in the best shape. MPMohammad Al-Hadiya held the ministry officials responsible for failing todevelop roads in the country to the best international standards.