1996 - 2021 SILVER JUBILEE YEAR Global Energy Football legendss Association look forward to President to deliver historic FIFA GECF lecture Arab Cup on May 3 in Qatar Business | 13 Sport | 16 SATURDAY 1 MAY 2021 19 RAMADAN - 1442 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 8609 www.thepeninsula.qa 2 RIYALS Qatar to have 4 ferry terminals with parking spaces IRFAN BUKHARI improve overall air and climate construction works,” the Ministry THE PENINSULA quality in Qatar are other objec- said. Under Qatar’s public transit program, ferry tives of the program. Four Bus Depots’ construction terminals and parking spaces to be built Under Qatar’s public transit Regarding ‘Park and Ride’, the is under the program’s fifth program, ferry terminals and MoTC said that the project belongs package and they are being built in Lusail, Doha Port, Hamad International parking spaces to be built in to the first package projects of the in Lusail, Al Rayyan, Al Wakra and Airport and The Pearl. Lusail, Doha Port, Hamad Inter- program. Park and Ride sites at New Industrial Area. Main facil- national Airport and The Pearl. Al Qassar and Al Wakra were ities at these bus depots include The project has been sub- inaugurated for the public in bus parking spaces fully equipped The Public Bus Infrastructure Program has four main projects mitted to start construction works, January 2020 while sites in Lusail with an infrastructure supportive to support switching to clean energy including ‘Park and Ride’, according to details recently and Education City are near 100% of e-bus charging; bus care ‘Bus Terminals’, ‘Ferry Terminals’ and ‘Bus Depots’. shared by the Ministry of completion and are ready to open centers; residential, recreational Transport and Communications soon. facilities and mosques; and through a detailed infographic Under the program, 7 bus ter- control center. Park and Ride sites in Works on bus terminal sites in Lusail, posted on its Twitter account. minals are being built in the According to information Lusail and Education Al Wakra, Al Sudan, Education City and The Public Bus Infrastructure country and this project is within shared by the Ministry, Lusail Bus City are near 100% Industrial Area are 68% complete and Program in Qatar has four main the second and third packages of Depot is the first depot in the completion and are would be fully complete during Q3 of projects to support switching to the program. region to depend on solar energy ready to open soon. 2021. clean energy including ‘Park and Works on bus terminal sites as a renewable source of clean Ride’, ‘Bus Terminals’, ‘Ferry Ter- in Lusail, Al Wakra, Al Sudan, energy in line with highest minals’ and ‘Bus Depots’. Education City and Industrial Area standards and specifications. Lusail Bus Depot is the The main objectives of the are 68% complete and would be It will have solar panels program are to achieve inte- fully complete during Q3 of 2021. totaling 10, 720 units to generate first in the region to gration between public transit According to MoTC’s infographic, four megawatts per day plus the depend on solar energy systems; support transit opera- works on bus terminal sites in power station to provide the nec- as a renewable source Works on bus terminal sites in Msheireb tions during FIFA World Cup Msheireb and Al Gharafa are 31% essary energy for operating of clean energy in line and Al Gharafa are 31% complete Qatar 2022; enhance Qatar’s complete and would be fully electric charging devices and the with highest standards and would be fully delivered during Q1 position as a leading country in delivered during Q1 of 2022. project at large; five 300 kilowatt and specifications. of 2022. using eco-friendly electric The ‘Ferry Terminals’ project fast bus electric charging devices; vehicles; increase public transit is under the fourth package of the 217 150 kilowatt dual bus charging ridership in the next few years. program. The project consists of devices; and 474 bus parking Also to offer high quality establishing ferry terminals and spaces. Lusail Bus Depot will have solar panels totaling service and facilities with world parking spaces (water taxi) in Establishing the bus parking 10, 720 units to generate four megawatts per best technologies and specifica- Lusail, Doha Port, Hamad Inter- spaces and solar panel canopies day, five 300 kilowatt fast bus electric charging tions that reflect Qatar’s national Airport and The Pearl are scheduled to complete in Q4 devices, over two hundred 150 kilowatt dual bus advanced public transit sector and also establishing a bus ter- of 2021 while the bus depot in charging devices, and 474 bus parking spaces. and to reduce carbon emissions minal in the West Bay. “It has Lusail is expected to complete in of fossil fuel vehicles and been submitted to start Q1 of 2022. MoPH: Around 44% of eligible people Midmac, Industrial Area flyovers to receive at least one dose of vaccine THE PENINSULA — DOHA be upgraded to decongest traffic population has now received at least one dose of the vaccine. 85.7% of over The Ministry of Public Health yesterday 60s (the most vulnerable population SANAULLAH ATAULLAH Al Shawi was replying to a provide services to 32,000 land announced the registration of 676 new group) have been vaccinated with at THE PENINSULA question about the opening of the plots in citizens’ sub-divisions,” confirmed cases of COVID-19. Among them least one dose, while 75.1% have street which has been witnessing said Assistant Director of Road Pro- 220 are from travellers returning from received both doses. The Public Works Authority the development works for many jectors Department at Ashghal. abroad. “Every day, hundreds of people are (Ashghal) has planned to upgrade years. Earlier, Ashghal had announced Also 1,593 people recovered from the becoming sick due to the COVID-19 with two major flyovers of the country “Muaither street is receiving a the commencement of works on virus bringing the total number of cases many requiring admission to hospital to — Midmac Flyover on Salwa Road comprehensive development the Roads and Infrastructure recovered in Qatar to 189,544. In addition, manage their symptoms. Since February 1, and Industrial Area Flyover to ease works including main lanes serving Project in South Al Meshaf (Package the Ministry announced eight new deaths, the number of people with COVID-19 traffic flow. to the area. The main lane has been 9) which is part of Ashghal’s plan aged 33, 44, 50, 56, 57, 59,61 and 77 years, admitted to hospital has doubled. “Midmac Flyover and Industrial completed. During coming months, to implement infrastructure five of which had a history of chronic Qatar’s strict quarantine policy for Area Flyover will be upgraded in a the remaining works will be com- projects for citizens’ subdivisions disease and all were receiving the necessary returning travelers enabled us to delay the big way similar to the Passport pleted and by the end of this year in the southern regions of the medical care. introduction of new variants into this Office Flyover (commonly known the project will be finished,” said country. According to Ministry’s released country for several months but we are now as Jawazat Flyover). The round- Al Shawi. On completion, the project will data, 1,556,203 COVID-19 vaccine doses seeing positive COVID-19 cases in the region about under both flyovers will be Speaking about providing develop a 23km-long network of have been administered since the start and in Qatar with the new variants from closed and the traffic signals will services to land plots in citizens’ internal streets in the area and a of the program. 43.9% of the eligible South Africa.” be upgraded. Entry and exit points sub-divisions, Al Shawi said that 9.5km pedestrian and cycle track, This new variant, the Ministry said, is of intersections will be expanded,” Ashghal provided services to equipped with road safety features much more contagious and spread more said Assistant Director of Road Pro- 39,000 land plots in 14 areas across and street lighting as well as road easily between people than the existing jectors Department at Ashghal, Eng. the country. signs and marks, to regulate the strain and may be associated with increased Salem Al Shawi. He said that the services include traffic flow and enhance safety on Ramadan Timing severity of disease. Speaking in a Qatar TV pro- a complete infrastructure devel- the roads. “The good news is that the Pfizer/ gramme ‘Al Ghabqa’, Al Shawi said opment like road, drainage, lighting This is in addition to upgrading Today's Iftar: 6:07pm BioNTech and Moderna vaccines being used that the development works of and other services. infrastructure facilities to respond Tomorrow's Imsak: 03:24am in our vaccination program are effective Muaither street will be completed “The Public Works Authority is to residents’ needs and urban against the new variants.” by the end of this year. now implementing 34 projects to growth in the future. Souq Waqif welcoming visitors with precautionary measures ELISSA DARWISH accordance with the recent san- FUEL PRICE THE PENINSULA itary measures. While the new restrictions Souq Waqif, the traditional affect the restaurant industry of market which is a historic the Souq, one can still order remnant of the previous takeouts of their favourite tradi- century’s commerce in the Gulf, tional dishes. As for the cultural Qatar Petroleum announced the fuel prices for the remains vibrant during Ramadan products found in the market, the month of May 2021. despite the pandemic. Due to demand on them varies from COVID-19 related restrictions, it sector to sector.