KUWAIT: The
Ministry of Public Works began an early maintenance campaign of sewer networks
in an operation that will continue until the end of the next rainy season. The
maintenance works should help prevent a repeat of the crisis that followed the
rains in November of last year, which submerged cars and flooded homes and
streets, official sources said. "Maintenance teams have new equipment and
more staff, and duties are given to groups to prevent scattered work and guarantee
jobs are done," the sources said. They added that senior government
instructions were given to make undersecretaries and managers follow
maintenance in the field and not rely on written reports only, adding that any
defect means the immediate termination of officials.

In other news,
the Ministry of Social Affairs asked owners of private nurseries to go
personally or send their representatives to the women and childhood department
at Abdelwahab Abdelrazaq Club in Qadsiya to update the data of their nurseries.
The ministry's call follows the Cabinet's decision to abolish decision 36
approving the transfer of authority to issue licenses to nurseries and
supervise them from the social affairs to the education ministry and asking the
fatwa and legislation department to prepare the legal means to keep this
authority with the social affairs ministry.

The ministry
asked nursery owners to have the following documents with them: Civil ID and a
copy, original license and a copy, letters issued from Kuwait Municipality,
health ministry, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate and interior ministry, in
addition to the company establishment certificate for educational companies.
The ministry decided the updating days as follows: Capital governorate - July
28 until Aug 1, Hawally from Aug 4 until Aug 8, Ahmadi from Aug 18 until Aug
22, Jahra Aug 25 until Aug 29, Farwaniya from Sept 1 until Sept 5 and Mubarak
Al-Kabeer from Sept 8 until Sept 12.

By A Saleh