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Jeddah district breeding ground for rodents and mosquitoes: Residents
Rabwa District 3 say their neighborhood has become a breeding ground for disease-carrying rodents and insects because a large piece of undeveloped land in the area is being used as a garbage dump. They claimed to have told the city authorities (...)

30 - 10 - 2011
Makkah residents lament reckless young drivers
Shari'i district of Makkah say they are growing ever fearful of taking to their cars due to the prevalence of reckless teenage drivers cutting red lights and abusing all traffic rules at junctions. Abdul Rahman Al-Subaihi blamed the traffic police (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Disease-ridden water threatens Al-Naseem residents
Naseem District in east Jeddah have complained that stagnant pools of water have become breeding grounds for disease and are a major threat to their health. They claimed they have approached the mayoralty to pump out the water but nothing has been (...)

28 - 02 - 2011
Drinking water contaminated with hazardous medical waste
Farsha Center, an affiliate of Sourat Obaida Governorate, have found a large quantity of medical waste dumped near Al-Farsha Valley, which is the only source of drinking water in the region. Saeed Bin Abdullah Al-Nageer, spokesman of the (...)

08 - 02 - 2011
Al-Solaimaniya floods as sewer works unfinished
Solaimaniya District of east Jeddah have voiced renewed complaints after a seven-year hold up in sewer and drainage works led to rainwater flooding the area last week. The Mayor's Office says that the works are being conducted by an international (...)

01 - 02 - 2011
People document flood disaster with cellphones
Khair and other districts of Jeddah affected by the heavy rains and floods have documented the horrific scenes with their mobile telephones. They recorded the start of the floods that smashed the walls of their homes and swept away their cars right (...)

01 - 02 - 2011
‘Demolition of our houses is illegal'
Harazat District in eastern Jeddah have appealed to the Jeddah Mayoralty to stop the ‘illegal' demolition of their houses. They have also called on the mayoralty to form a committee to check the title deeds of their houses, so that they can be paid (...)

25 - 12 - 2010
Jeddah districts suffer 10-hour power outage
Rabwa 5 and Al-Rabae districts in north Jeddah had to endure a 10-hour electricity blackout from Sunday night to Monday morning, resulting in many having to make alternative arrangements to break their fast and for air-conditioned (...)

24 - 08 - 2010
Power outage affects 9,000 citizens in Bisha Governorate
'Atf villages, 20 km north of Bisha Governorate, remained without electricity for eight hours on Tuesday, from 2 P.M. until 10 P.M., at a time when temperatures soared to 40 degrees centigrade. The power outage forced residents to stay outside (...)

28 - 05 - 2010
Power outage affects 9,000 citizens in Bisha Governorate
'Atf villages, 20 km north of Bisha Governorate, remained without electricity for eight hours on Tuesday, from 2 P.M. until 10 P.M., at a time when temperatures soared to 40 degrees centigrade. The power outage forced residents to stay outside (...)

27 - 05 - 2010
Residents empty water tanks from roofs
Sahefa District are getting rid of tanks and barrels of water on their roofs because they fear its weight might cause their buildings to collapse. Some residents said that they have already seen cracks in the walls of their buildings. Resident (...)

03 - 05 - 2010
Jeddah's Ajwad District drowns in stagnant water
Ajwad District in the east of the city fear an outbreak of water-borne deadly diseases as the issue of groundwater leaking into their houses has gone unattended even after several complaints were lodged with the authorities. The leaked water has now (...)

11 - 04 - 2010
Residents protest permit for polluting machine
Buhayrat District here, including staff and patients of the nearby Hira General Hospital, are up in arms over the decision to renew the permit for a giant construction machine that is causing dust to spume into homes and the hospital. The giant (...)

13 - 01 - 2010
Lawsuit against mayoralty planned
Khair and Al-Nakheel districts are planning to take the mayoralty to court for allegedly allowing building of houses on natural flood courses in the area. They have also demanded that the mayoralty take action against officials responsible for (...)

14 - 12 - 2009
Al-Jamia residents complain bitterly about mayoralty
Jamia District have urged the Jeddah Mayoralty to pump out stagnant flood water from various parts of the district. Also, the residents have complained about the accumulation of waste in the alleys covered with rainwater and overflowing septic (...)

06 - 12 - 2009
Residents angered at denial of access to historic well
Shumaisi district of Makkah have complained to the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) after a local farm owner incorporated a well of historical significance into the confines of his land and closed the road leading up to it. The (...)

20 - 05 - 2009
SR1,111 bill for mystery phone
Raboua, who does not have a telephone, has received continual demands for the payment of a SR1,111 bill for a telephone which he knows nothing about. Ali Al-Tulaidi asked to have a telephone landline installed at his home, but was told that it was (...)

15 - 05 - 2009
Municipality removes part of unlicensed Jeddah home
Sanabil District here has lodged a complaint with the authorities after the municipality tore down part of his house for violating construction regulations. Building owner Abdullah Al-Zahrani said that the façade of his home was removed without any (...)

29 - 04 - 2009
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