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Hisham Al-Jundi
Doha
The Central Municipal Council (CMC) has called for strict measures to prevent people from smoking at the entry and exit points of shopping malls.
CMC member Abdulrahman al Khulaifi said this phenomenon was causing harm to families and other visitors to malls.
He said smoking in malls is banned and since the gates also belong to the mall, so they should be included in the ban as well.
"Usually you find a large group of people smoking at the gates of malls, which makes waiting at the gate unbearable for others," he said, adding that the law should be amended to include those smoking at the gates and around the malls.
The CMC has referred the issue to the public services and utilities committee for more study and issuing necessary recommendations.
In another development, the CMC has called on the authorities to find a solution to the overflow of groundwater that threatens many houses in Muaither.
The CMC recommended creating a committee with members from the Ministry of Municipalities and Environment, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) and Kahramaa for finding solutions to the underground water problem in the area.
Raising the issue, Mohammed Ali al Athba, CMC member from Muaither, said many houses in the western part of Muaither have been affected by the underground water due to lack of drainage and leakage from plastic pipes laid by Kahramaa. He said foundations of many houses are already showing cracks.
He said Ashghal had started building a comprehensive infrastructure in the eastern area of Muaither, but delayed many projects in the western parts.
"After the problem surfaced in 2008, we got many promises to build the infrastructure, but nothing has happened and the problem has only worsened," Athba said.
In some areas, the water has created 'ponds' on streets and around homes. Some land owners said these ponds are preventing them from building more homes in the area."If Ashghal do not intervene sooner than later, we are afraid some homes might collapse by next year," Athba said.
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