KUWAIT: Chairman of the structural plan committee at the Municipal Council Ali Al-Moussa said the new plan for Al-Sawaber Complex requires demolition of the old buildings and establishing new high-quality residential projects. He said the area will be opened up with the construction of a new road, and is designed to attract commercial projects in the area and revive it.

During a workshop held by the committee on Sawaber, Moussa said the construction plan of Kuwait City 2030 includes many development projects including Sawaber, which covers an area of over 38 acres in the middle of the city. He said the current residential complex is dilapidated and highly crowded. He said the council recommended a second phase to study the capital and that began in 2010, and the project proposed that the area be reorganized and changed into a commercial one for offices and services with the same construction percentages and heights.

Renewable energy

The sixth meeting of the renewable energy sources uses development committee was held yesterday at the ministry of electricity and water. The meeting was chaired by Oil and Electricity and Water Minister Essam Al-Marzouq in the presence of officials from concerned ministries and departments as a response to HH the Amir's initiative to diversify sources of energy by utilizing 15 percent renewable energy. A video display showed that the committee accounted for 56 renewable energy projects in various areas of the country. Some have already started to function, such as Al-Shaqaya and Sidra 500 in Al-Manaqeesh and the Boubyan water towers project.

By Meshaal Al-Enezi