ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 4 Business | 17 Sport | 27 Al Jazeera Qatar-US bilateral Qatar’s Lekhwiya English wants trade has jumped thrash Iran’s talks with India five-fold over the Persepolis 3-0 in on channel ban. last one decade. AFC Champions. THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2015 • 4 Rajab 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6409 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New Al Rayyan Stadium Saudi-led air New buildings strikes in Yemen continue to get thermal CAIRO/ADEN: Saudi-led coali- tion warplanes bombed Yemen yesterday despite an announce- ment by Riyadh that it was ending its campaign of air strikes, while insulation renewed fighting erupted on the ground between rebels and forces loyal to the exiled president. Save energy campaign a success The hostilities illustrated how tough it will be to find a politi- DOHA: Qatar will soon have a cal solution to a war stirring ani- law making it mandatory for all mosities between rival Gulf powers new constructions coming up 15,000 cases Saudi Arabia and Iran. Tuesday’s in the country to install ther- announcement by Riyadh that it mal insulation as part of energy of electricity, would end almost a month of air conservation measures. strikes against the Iranian-allied Utility distributor, Kahramaa, Houthis drew positive responses and the Ministry of Municipality water wastage from both the White House and and Urban Planning have agreed DOHA: Field inspectors from Tehran. But hours later, air strikes to frame a law that would ensure utility distributor, Kahramaa, and ground fighting resumed that all future constructions have caught some 15,000 cases of and the International Red Cross thermal insulation. This was dis- water and electricity waste described the humanitarian situ- closed yesterday by Kahramaa’s last year and imposed fines on A computer-generated image of the new Al Rayyan Stadium at night released yesterday by the Supreme Committee ation as “catastrophic”. chairman, Eisa bin Hilal Al them for breaching the provi- of Delivery and Legacy. The 40,000-seater stadium will host matches up until the quarter-final stage of the football See also page 7 Kuwari, in an address on the sions of water and electricity World Cup in 2022. See also pages 26 & 28 REUTERS occasion of 3rd annual event to conservation law. The viola- mark energy and water conserva- tors included homes, commer- tion initiative called ‘Tarsheed’. cial as well as industrial units. Temperature to “Insulating a building is the All Kahramaa sub-stations best thing to do to reduce elec- will this year have solar power Schools to be in safe traffic zones hit 44 degrees tricity consumption,” he said. panels as part of ‘Tarsheed’. He said one of the major Studies have also been con- DOHA: The day is expected to achievements has been that less ducted to use solar and wind DOHA: In a new initiative to the Ministry of Interior and the number of signboards, and road be very hot today and tomorrow energy-efficient air-conditioners energy. THE PENINSULA ensure safety of children, traf- National Road Safety Committee. markings near schools. with temperatures soaring up have been stopped from being fic safe zones have been built Priority has been given to these To ensure pedestrian safety, to 38 to 42 degrees C in Doha. imported after Qatar’s own spec- Saleh Al Sada, attended the event around several independent and schools based on a study con- safe footpaths are being cre- The mercury can even peak at ifications were issued for A/Cs. along with Dr Sheikh Khalid bin private schools across the coun- ducted by the Supreme Education ated including for people with 44 degrees C in some places par- “We are on target and hope Thani Al Thani. try, with the speed limit capped Council (SEC) to identify the disabilities. Clear warning signs ticularly in the west and central that by 2017 we will be able to Al Sada said that in the last at 30km per hour. school zones in urgent need for will be placed at the entrances parts of the country. reduce per capita water consump- three years, due to Tarsheed, The project being implemented development. and exits of the roads leading to The meteorology department, tion by 35 percent and electricity Qatar had saved QR600m by the Public Works Authority New schools will be included in schools. warning of an unstable weather, use by 20 percent,” he said. ($165m) by stopping the waste of aims to curb accidents and traf- the initiative based on request by Safe entrances are made to said that from tomorrow evening Kahramaa has inked deals electricity and water as per cap- fic congestions around these the SEC, school administration, schools which overlook the main however, the weather would with some 42 institutions to pro- ita electricity use was down by 11 facilities. It will be expanded to teachers and parents. streets and bright coloured rum- be cooler yet windy and dusty. mote Tarsheed and they include percent and water consumption all the schools in a phased man- Safe school zones will have safe ble strips are placed to alert driv- Northwesterly wind moving at research institutions as well as by a similar percentage. ner, Ashghal said yesterday. roads, speed breakers, car parks, ers when arriving or leaving an speeds of 33km an hour to 74km government and private offices. Carbon dioxide emission is Initially safe zones are being medians and small roundabouts area near to schools. an hour may kick up dust in its The Minister of Energy and down by 1.8 million tonnes in the made around 200 schools identi- to manage traffic flow. Continued on page 7 wake affecting visibility and make Industry, H E Dr Mohamed bin period, he said. THE PENINSULA fied as at risk of road accidents by It will also have sufficient THE PENINSULA the sea choppy. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2015 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Emir meets Syrian National Coalition Chief Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met yesterday Chief of the Syrian National Coalition Khaled Khoja and his delegation. They discussed latest developments in Syria. Khoja briefed the Emir on the programmes and plans of the coalition to address the situation in Syria and abroad. Ooredoo doubles upload speed DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday upload speeds of up to 1.25 Mbps, life-enhancing features that fibre announced it has doubled the will now enjoy upload speeds of 2.5 technology can have for the whole upload speeds for its fibre cus- Mbps. Business fibre customers community. This speed boost is tomers which will allow them to on the 10 Mbps plan, who cur- not just about updating our cus- surf internet faster. The com- rently get upload speeds of up to tomer experience and network, pany said it has provided pro- 2.5 Mbps, will now experience but also ensuring that we are vided a free boost to the upload upload speeds of up to 5 Mbps. ready to support the next gen- speeds for all Ooredoo fibre cus- The double speed boost is valid eration of fibre-based solutions, tomers on Ooredoo Consumer for all fibre plans, so that cus- such as personal cloud services,” and “Business Fibre” plan. tomers on the top-end 100 Mbps said Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Upload speed is the speed at will see a major leap, with upload Director, Community & Public which information is transferred speeds of up to 25 Mbps for resi- Relations, Ooredoo. from their device to the internet. dential fibre users and 50 Mbps This upload speed upgrade The speed increase was rolled-out for business customers. comes just six months after this week as the company contin- The fibre speed upgrade is free Ooredoo announced a free speed ues to offer a bigger, faster net- and permanent, and customers upgrade for all 1Mbps and 10Mbps work for all of Qatar. are being automatically upgraded, home fibre plans, as the company Following the announcement, with no requirement for any cus- continues to roll-out a world-class residential customers using the tomer action. fibre network across the country. 10 Mbps plan, who currently have “Ooredoo believes in the THE PENINSULA HOME THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2015 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QIC Abu Hamour branch to process claims DOHA: Owners of vehicles Al Fadala said that the new insured with Qatar Insurance service has been launched as Company (QIC) that are dam- new rules demand that motorists aged in accidents can now go must report accidents, especially directly to the company’s claims hit-and-run mishaps, within branch in Abu Hamour to proc- 48 hours or pay a fine of QR1, ess their claims. 000. The service will help peo- There is no need for them to ple report mishaps without any visit the traffic department and hassles. collect a report on the damage Founded in 1964, QIC is the and then visit the QIC’s claims country’s largest insurer. section. THE PENINSULA QIC said in a release yesterday that a rep- resentative from the traffic department will be present at its Abu Hamour claims branch and he will survey the damaged vehicle, give away ‘police report’ and help submit documents for filing claims for repair. The service will be avail- able from 7am until 2pm from Sundays through Thursdays. The traffic department representative will, after inspecting the damaged vehicle, provide a Police Reference Number. With this number the vehicle owner can go to the QIC’s claims section for the needful.