KUWAIT: This December 31, 2020 file photo shows a damaged road near the Friday Market. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Rana Al-Fares referred a report to Public Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) about damages in roads caused by rain fall and amongst recommendations was improving designing criteria of rain drainage networks in future projects.

Ministry Spokesman Abdullah Al-Ajmi said Fares, also Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, approved the technical recommendations of the report. He said roads paved since April 2019 were not damaged. Roads that were damaged were old, said Ajmi, and it was the contractor's responsibility to fix them in accordance with the contract. - KUNA