KUWAIT: TheMinistry of Public Works began an early maintenance campaign of sewer networksin an operation that will continue until the end of the next rainy season. Themaintenance works should help prevent a repeat of the crisis that followed therains in November of last year, which submerged cars and flooded homes andstreets, official sources said. "Maintenance teams have new equipment andmore staff, and duties are given to groups to prevent scattered work and guaranteejobs are done," the sources said. They added that senior governmentinstructions were given to make undersecretaries and managers followmaintenance in the field and not rely on written reports only, adding that anydefect means the immediate termination of officials.
In other news,the Ministry of Social Affairs asked owners of private nurseries to gopersonally or send their representatives to the women and childhood departmentat Abdelwahab Abdelrazaq Club in Qadsiya to update the data of their nurseries.The ministry's call follows the Cabinet's decision to abolish decision 36approving the transfer of authority to issue licenses to nurseries andsupervise them from the social affairs to the education ministry and asking thefatwa and legislation department to prepare the legal means to keep thisauthority with the social affairs ministry.
The ministryasked nursery owners to have the following documents with them: Civil ID and acopy, original license and a copy, letters issued from Kuwait Municipality,health ministry, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate and interior ministry, inaddition to the company establishment certificate for educational companies.The ministry decided the updating days as follows: Capital governorate - July28 until Aug 1, Hawally from Aug 4 until Aug 8, Ahmadi from Aug 18 until Aug22, Jahra Aug 25 until Aug 29, Farwaniya from Sept 1 until Sept 5 and MubarakAl-Kabeer from Sept 8 until Sept 12.
By A Saleh