Upgraded Kharaitiyat Junction to Ease Traffic
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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Peshawar Zalmi crowned INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-9, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 Barwa eyes investment REGION 10 BUSINESS 1-7, 14-16 PSL 20,981.00 10,721.15 53.33 ARAB WORLD 10, 12 CLASSIFIED 8-13 opportunities to ensure -25.00 -30.95 +0.72 INTERNATIONAL 13-25 SPORTS 1-8 champions -0.12% -0.29% +1.37% profi table revenue growth Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10384 March 6, 2017 Jumada II 7, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Bahrain’s Crown Prince Upgraded In brief ARAB WORLD | Labour Kharaitiyat Qatar takes part in ALO Council talks Qatar is participating in the 86th session of the Arab Labour Organisation (ALO) Council which junction to started in Cairo yesterday. HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Aff airs Dr Essa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi headed Qatar’s delegation to the meeting. The meeting, besides following up ease traffi c on the progress of the 85th session which was held in Doha in October, Major boost for traff ic as Al 11,000 vehicles per hour, which alone HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at the Emiri Diwan yesterday with Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifah, will look into the preparations for the Kharaitiyat Interchange opens are coming from Al Rufaa Street. the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Talks during the annual meeting of the Arab Group “Al Kharaitiyat Interchange is so criti- meeting dealt with the deep fraternal relations of co-operation between the two countries and means of enhancing them in all participating in the 106th Session of cal that it connects with all areas around fields to better serve the common interest of the two countries. Page 2 the International Labour Conference atar’s North Road Corridor En- in the east, west, north and south,” Ex- slated for June in Geneva. Labour hancement project, a major pressway Department engineer Yousef ministers of Qatar, Iraq, Palestine, Libya Qcomponent of the Public Works al-Emadi said while stressing that is and Egypt among others are taking Authority’s (Ashghal) Expressway pro- also a free-fl owing junction without part in the meeting. gramme, has received a boost with Al road signals or roundabouts making it Kharaitiyat Interchange opening to traf- easier and faster for road users. QATAR | Astronomy fi c yesterday. Ashghal also installed lights along the Turkish PM vows to eradicate terror Mercury’s ‘superior If the old junction with a single two- bridges, entrances and exits and placing lane bridge catered to 4,000 vehicles per all necessary signage for better traffi c QNA everyone to be united under the Yes The proposed changes would hand conjunction’ with sun hour, the new interchange with eight safety, as part of Ashghal’s traffi c safety Ankara campaign. wide-ranging executive powers to the Mercury, the innermost planet, will bridges and fl yovers, with three to four strategy. He stressed that no ethnic group liv- president and the post of prime minis- be at “superior conjunction” with the lanes in each direction, has increased The newly upgraded junction opens ing in Turkey is superior to another, ter would be abolished. sun at 3.08am in Doha tomorrow, traffi c capacity to 16,000 vehicles per after the completion of a series of other urkish Prime Minister Binali adding that all citizens living in the The president would also be allowed noted astronomer Dr Beshir Marzouk hour. major milestone, including Umm Slal Yildirim yesterday vowed to put country are equal in terms of rights and to retain ties to a political party. has said. The sun will be between “Ashghal was keen on recreating the Mohamed Interchange, Izghawa Inter- Tan end to terrorism in the coun- duties. Meanwhile, President Erdogan Mercury and earth during this key critical Al Kharaitiyat Interchange to change and the bridge linking Al Hu- try after the April 16 referendum on Yildirim added that the proposed lashed out at Germany yesterday for astronomical phenomenon. Mercury enable bigger road capacity and bet- waila road to the North Road, Al Khor constitutional changes. amendments to the constitution would blocking rallies in support of him ahead is not visible while in conjunction with ter traffi c access for the residents in Link Road (from Al Shamal Road to Ras Speaking at a ‘Yes campaign’ rally further contribute to democracy. of an April vote on boosting his powers, the sun but within the next week or so the neighbouring areas, namely, Al Laff an Roundabout at Al Khor), Umm in eastern Turkish Bingol province, he The constitutional changes have been likening it to Nazi practices. (around March 17) it will reappear on Kharaitiyat, Al Ebb, and Leabib, and the Birka Road. The enhancements also fea- promised that the “terror” acts carries discussed since Recep Tayyip Erdogan The attack came a day after German the eastern side of the sun and start nearby business facilities and providing ture lines for potable water and treated by PKK, ISIS and other groups would be was voted president in August 2014. Chancellor Angela Merkel called Turk- becoming visible over the western alternative routes for road users travel- sewage effl uent as well as foot and cycle over after April 16. The 18-article bill was passed by ish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to try horizon after sunset, he explained. ling from and into Al Shamal Road,” the paths. Yildirim said the ruling Justice and parliament in January, with 339 votes in to defuse the row, which has put a ma- People in Qatar can observe Mercury authority explained in a statement. The opening yesterday was attended Development (AK) Party embraced favour - nine more than needed to put jor new strain on already bruised ties over the western horizon, during The upgraded interchange serves as by Ashghal’s Infrastructure Aff airs di- all ethnicities in Turkey, and called on the proposal to a referendum. between the Nato allies. Page 19 clear skies, 10 days after the superior a main access point on the North Road, rector engineer Mohamed Masoud al- conjunction occurs. linking the areas in the eastern side like Marri, Traffi c Engineering and Safety Al Ebb, Leabib, Lusail, Arab League offi cial Brigadier Mohamed Maarifi ya, ARAB WORLD | Confl ict Street leading to Qatar University, Al Umm Slal Municipality representative Over 40,000 displaced Dafna, Al Khor Coastal Road and the Mohamed al-Suhouti, Central Mu- nearby vital commercial destinations. nicipality Council member Ali Nasser from Mosul in a week It has, also, a direct link with the al-Kaabi and a number of project engi- More than 40,000 people have been western areas of Al Kharaitiyat, Bani neers. displaced in the last week from the Hajer, Al Wajbah, Al Rayyan and Al Ru- Al-Kaabi was all praise for Ashghal. Iraqi city of Mosul, where US-backed faa Street leading to Dukhan Highway “Whenever passing by, I used to see forces launched a fresh push towards and Al Jahhaniya Interchange with a work progressing round-the-clock to the Islamic State-held old city centre view of several critical business facili- complete the junction on schedule, and yesterday and closed in on the main ties. The junction can receive around they did it.” Page 28 government complex. The pace of displacement has accelerated in recent days as fighting approaches the most densely populated parts of western Mosul, and aid agencies have expressed concern that camps to accommodate people fleeing the city are almost full. The International Organisation for Migration’s Mosul Displacement Tracking Matrix showed the number of people uprooted since the start of the off ensive in October exceeded 206,000 yesterday, up from 164,000 on Feb. 26. Page 12 Engineer al-Emadi briefs other off icials about the interchange. Woqod to open 15 new stations By Peter Alagos rently operating, al-Kuwari reported Business Reporter that there are three other centres under construction in Al Shahaniya, Al Khor, and Al Wukair, all of which will have atar Fuel (Woqod) is planning to teams of technicians to manufacture open 15 new petrol stations this and install vehicle number plates. Qyear in select locations within “Completion is expected during the Doha and other parts of Qatar, a com- fi rst half of 2017. In addition, there are pany executive has said. four other centres under allocation in Al “This year, we will try our best to Woqod chairman Sheikh Saoud bin Mazroua’a, Madinat Al Shamal, Al Wa- open 15 new stations. We are in nego- Abdulrahman al-Thani. Right: Woqod jbah, and Mesaimeer South, which are tiations with the government for around CEO Ibrahim Jaham al-Kuwari. all expected to be completed by the end 40 lands, which will be given to us soon. PICTURES: Nasar T K of 2017,” al-Kuwari said. As we said earlier, our plan is to operate During the meeting, Sheikh Saoud 100 stations by 2020,” Woqod CEO Ib- year, there are nine new locations in the said: “With regard to the performance rahim Jaham al-Kuwari told Gulf Times process of obtaining fi nal licences in Al of Qatar Fuel in 2016 and our plans for yesterday. A’akla, Lusail in North Doha; al A’aqda this year, I am pleased to say that it has He was speaking on the sidelines of the in Al Khor, Abu Nakhla on Salwa Road; been positive and on a continuous path company’s annual general meeting, pre- Aba Sulail on the southern road; Hamad of sustainable development, which the sided over by Woqod chairman Sheikh International Airport; and Umm Ghu- company’s management is keen to real- Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.