KUWAIT CITY, Nov 6: Chairperson of the Technical Committee in the Municipal Council Munira Jassim Al-Amir said the committee discussed several items in its agenda, most notably the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh file, in its 11th meeting for the third term on Tuesday. Representatives of government agencies in charge of this issue -- Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority (EPA), and the ministries of Finance, Public Works and Interior -- attended the meeting. Besides reviewing the suggestions of the committee members and responding to their questions, the discussion centered on the agencies’ proposals as per their capacity to address the issue from every angle. Positive aspects of this meeting included the diversity and thoroughness of proposals covering all relevant topics. In a press statement after the meeting, Al-Amir disclosed that the committee’s current tasks include working with the concerned authorities, refining and monitoring the proposed concepts and putting them in the approved form for submission to the council, which will then forward them to the Kuwait Municipality’s executive body to finalize the implementation plans, while taking into consideration all the issues raised. “Given that the committee’s action is the first step, the Municipality must directly order the implementation of higher directives to resolve the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh issue through official channels. This can be achieved by considering all of the points raised and recommended by the concerned authorities to guarantee the creation of integrated plans upon implementation, and by providing other authorities the chance to operate without barriers or administrative meddling,”

Al-Amir explained. In her closing remarks, Al-Amir emphasized that “the current work methods of the council and the Municipality are characterized by a more distant vision because they avoid areas where coordination with other agencies is lacking. They also ensure and monitor the council’s outputs -- a journey that already started and will be solidified by bolstering the mechanisms of cooperation between the two parties to achieve the desired results.” Moreover, the committee referred to the executive body the proposal it received from a citizen through the Tawasul platform to allocate areas for parking caravans, similar to other Gulf countries, to conduct a detailed study on it. The committee also suggested sending the request of some council members about the issues in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh to the executive body for coordination with the Municipality’s Structural Plan Department and other government agencies like the ministries of Finance, Public Works, Interior, Electricity, Water, Renewable Energy and Justice (Real Estate Registration Department), as well as the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) and Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI). This will allow them to prepare a comprehensive vision to find solutions to the problems in the area and determine future uses in line with its unique location in the urban district.

By Inaas Awadh
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff