SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021 04 Focus on projects in TDT | in the governorate, including the first quarter of 2022.” nfrastructure projects in parks, walkways, coast and oth- The ministry is also working the northern governorate ers. on the BD400,000 Sheikh Isa Iwere in the spotlight of a “These includes the BD555 bin Salman and Sheikh Salman high-level meeting held virtually thousand Barbar Park project, Street intersection project, yesterday. BD130 thousand Hamad City the development of BD150,000 Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Khayat, Walkway Project, BD800 thou- Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman the Undersecretary for Works sand Coast project, Street, and the beautification of Affairs, Sheikh Muhammad and the BD300,000 Saar Park BD200,000 Saar 13 Street. bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, the Un- 525 project.” dersecretary for Municipal Af- The Walkway, Two-year plan fairs, Shawqiah Humaidan, the he said, extends over a length of Lamia Al-Fadala, the Direc- Assistant Undersecretary for 920.5 meters. “ Works are pro- tor-General of the Northern Joint Municipal Services, Lamia gressing to tender its second Region Municipality, said they Al-Fadala, the Director-General stage, for which the ministry is are working on an integrated of the Engineered Northern Re- expecting a cost of BD285,000.” two-year plan for boosting the gion Municipality, and ministry The project is expecting com- green area in streets. officials were present. pletion in the second quarter Five streets are currently part Al Khayat told the meeting Pictures for representation only of 2022. of the project. “These includes that the ministry has lined up On the Damistan market pro- Crown Prince street, Sheikh Sal- several projects in the roads, connecting Aali and Salmabad The ministry, Al Khayat said, ject, Sheikh Muhammad said the man Street, Farms Street, the sewage and buildings sectors in Ongoing projects in- area. The BD1,290,000 project, had also started the expansion of BD310,000 project aims com- Mini Forest Project on the Abu the northern governorate. clude a BD 6,431,538 which adds 3.3 kilometres to the a veterinary quarantine facility pletion in the second quarter of Sobh coast, and two rounda - Some of the projects, he said, Social Welfare main lines, contributes to reliev- in Buri. The BD556,789 project next year. bouts on Sheikh Hamad Street.” had been completed, some are Complex project in ing the pressure on the existing calls for constructing three live- On the Salman City project, he Al-Fadala also discussed pro- progressing, while others are in Hamad Town (52% network in the area. stock pens with a capacity to said the ministry had identified jects for the Damistan park, various stages of tendering. completed) and the Al Khayat said the ministry is house 3,000 heads of cattle. lands for gardens and walkway. Sheikh Hamad street, open also working on another project Other ongoing projects in- The BD500,00 project will occu- squares, gardens, Hamad Town Road projects Alba Social Center in Complex 441 in the Al-Sahla clude a BD 6,431,538 Social Wel- py 13,122 square meters of area and , playgrounds and On the road network devel- project in , area. “This project calls for add- fare Complex project in Hamad and sees completion in the first recreational and sports facilities opment, Al Khayat said several with 3783.0 square ing 2.1 km of main and secondary Town (52% completed) and the quarter of 2022. in public parks. projects are ongoing, with one meters and capable sewage lines and connecting 100 Alba Social Center project in Bu- On streets and intersection Ahmed Al-Kooheji, the Chair- of them being the construction of accomodating 550 homes.” The total cost of the daiya, with 3783.0 square meters project in the governorate, he man of the Municipal Council of a road to Al-Lawzi housing in people. project is BD364,143. and capable of accomodating said the ministry is developing of the Northern Region, said Hamad City. In the building sector, the un- 550 people. the second phase of the Janabiya the meeting was fruitful in dis- The project, located in the dersecretary said the ministry Tendering works are progress- intersection for BD425,000. “We cussing the development of the southeast of Zaid Bin Amira had completed the Agricultural ing on a primary and preparatory expect to complete the project in northern governorate. Expressway and west of Lake North Sheikh Zayed Road (12th Affairs Building in Hoora Aali, school for girls in Budaiya, two Al-Lawzi, extends south to Street) from two to three lanes which has several high-tech playgrounds in Hamad Town, the intersection of Road 26. in each direction (8 km long). laboratories. The BD1,987,870 the Damistan Youth Center pro- It will serve residents of Lozi, Works include replacing four project, he said, has laboratories ject and maintenance works of Damistan, Karzakan, Hamad roundabouts with signal-con- for soil testing, tissue culture, 21 schools in various regions of Town and Al-Malikiyah. The trolled intersections and the and food safety, amongst others. the northern governorate. BD5,196,582 project, Al Khayat development of 16 December “The ministry also recently said, includes a 4.8 km long road street. He also revealed that an completed an additional aca- 14 projects, BD4.5 million with two lanes in each direction engineering consultancy firm is demic building for the Sheikh Sheikh Muhammad bin from Zaid Bin Omairah Street working on the second phase of Mohammed bin Khalifa Primary Ahmed Al-Khalifa, the Under- to Street 3 and three lanes from the project. School for Boys in Budaiya, rais- secretary for Municipal Affairs, Street 3 to Street 26. ing the school’s capacity from said there are 14 municipal pro- The ministry, he said, is also Sewage projects 800 to 1,300 students,” he said. jects ongoing in the northern working on the first phase ex- On the sewage sector, Al The BD811,064 project added 15 governorate costing more than pansion of Sheikh Zayed Road. Khayat said there are also sev- classrooms and other adminis- BD4.5 million. The project includes expanding eral projects ongoing, but the trative and teaching facilities to The projects, he said, focuses the Sheikh Zayed Road and the most important of all is the line the school. on increasing the green cover

NMS- students win Inter-school AI competition Bahrain condoles with President of Philippines TDT | Manama President Benigno Aquino III yesterday. is Majesty King Hamad His Majesty the King wished Hbin Isa Al Khalifa, and the deceased’s family and rela- His Royal Highness Prince tives solace and fortitude. Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, HRH the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince and Prime Prime Minister expressed his Minister, sent condolences deepest condolences to Presi- to the President of Philip - dent Duterte, wishing the de- pines Rodrigo Duterte, on the ceased’s family and relatives passing of former Philippine solace and fortitude.

During the presentation ceremony ‘AI Continuum 2021’. Alwyn Joby, Enric Joji ciety, selected the winning team. Fifteen students from Fayiz Rahman (10 D), Akshat Mathews and Syed The Apps got examined for • Pradeep Kumar (10 B) and Mo- Basim of grade 12 AI Ethics, Authenticity, Inno- Al Noor International hammed Kaif (10 B), the team vation & Originality, Technical School, The Asian from The Asian School behind the app “UWHIZ”, said bagged the second po- Innovation, AI capabilities, Use School, Bahrain their app helps students “dis- sition. Yashpal Mishra, Case, Return on Investment, Indian School, The courage rote and passive learn- Commercial Viability and Social ing.” Chris Alan and Basith Impact. New Indian School The app employs AI to con- Khan Mohammed Ab- Alwyn Joby, Enric Joji and New Millennium vert scanned documents into dul of grade 10 from Mathews and Syed Basim of School took part. text through “Computer vision” Al Noor International grade 12 from The Asian School and “NLP AI to create questions took the third spot. bagged the second position. Yas- TDT | Manama and answers.” hpal Mishra, Chris Alan and The competition held vir- Basith Khan Mohammed Abdul tually on Wednesday had the Participants had to develop of grade 10 from Al Noor Inter- n app to help students’ participation of 15 Grades IX an AI-based Educational App to national took the third spot. Aquestion themselves us- to XII students from Al Noor improve the Teaching-Learning Dr Ravi Pillai, the School The Ambassador of Bahrain to Germany, Abdullah Abdullatif Abdullah, ing AI gained New Millennium International School, The Asian process by making it easier, af- Chairman, Geetha Pillai, the holding a meeting with Frank Heinrich, a member of the German Parliament School- Bahrain students top School, Bahrain Indian School, fordable, and enjoyable. Managing Director, and Arun (Bundestag) from the Christian Democratic Party. They discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation, issues of common interest, efforts to boost spot in the Inter-School Arti- The New Indian School and Dr Jassim Haji, the President Kuumar Sharma, the Principal, human rights, women empowerment, and religious freedom. ficial Intelligence Competition New Millennium School. of the Artificial Intelligence So- congratulated the winners.