The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior stressed on Sunday, the need to coordinate with the concerned authorities to deal immediately with all water gathering places to reopen roads to ensure smooth traffic flow.

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lieutenant General Anwar Al-Barjas urged the concerned authorities to deal immediately with rain water accumulated at various places.

The ministry said in a statement issued by the General Department of Security Relations and Media that the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Lieutenant General Anwar Al-Barjas, visited the security and field agencies concerned to find out what happened and inquire their procedures while dealing with the repercussions of rain. He added that Lieutenant General Al-Barjas inspected a number of roads affected by the amount of rain, and also followed up the work of the security services and state authorities in dealing with water pools there.

First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Acting Minister of Defense Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah had visited a number of roads to view the security situation and traffic due to heavy rains in the country on Sunday evening. The Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday evening, that water has accumulated in a number of roads in the governorates of the capital, Farwaniya, Hawalli and Jahra, due to the wave of rains in the country.

The General Department of Relations and Security Media at the Ministry of Interior said in a press statement that the closed roads due to the wave of rains that the country is witnessing in Farwaniya Governorate, “Sabah Al-Nasser area, block 4 and the Rabieh region opposite the National Bank and Hammoud Al-Jaber Street opposite the Fifth Ring Road, Habib Al- Manawer Street, the intersection of the Fifth Ring Road with the Al-Andalus area, and the intersection of Saqr Al-Nasafi. They indicated that the water collected in a number of roads in the Hawalli Governorate, the Maidan Hawalli area, behind Kuwait Winter Wonderland and opposite the Hittin Trolley, and in the Jahra Governorate, the Fourth Ring Road before the Doha Link opposite Amghara and Jahra Road at the intersection of Ajian.

It also referred to the water gathering in the Sixth Ring Road, next to the Saad Al-Abdullah area, the Sixth Ring Road opposite the Saad Al-Abdullah area, and the Fifth Ring Road (the tunnel of the Sulaibiya and Kairouan areas). The intersection of the first Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area, the intersection of Al-Jahra Road with Al-Ghazali Road, and the City Center roundabout.