KUWAIT: A number of residents who have been assigned plots in the new Mutlaa residential area protested in front of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare building on Sunday over not receiving construction permits despite the infrastructure being ready at the new suburb.

Head of the Mutlaa area families committee Khaled Al-Enezi said: "People in the area are in pain due to the inexcusable delay in getting construction permits, as there is not equality in the distribution of these permits, which indicates Mutlaa was a victim of poor implementation. The gathering aims to deliver a message to concerned officials for speeding up the Residential Mutlaa file, which has been allocated for nearly 10 years, but only on paper."