Ministry orders vacating of West Doha Chalets by March 31
KUWAIT CITY, March 4: The Ministry of Finance announced today that it has begun sending notifications through the 'Sahel' application to vacate the West Doha chalets and hand them over to the ministry by March 31 at the latest. This action follows a letter received from the Kuwait Municipality in January, along with Municipal Council Resolution No. (MB/F 6/164/06/2024 D 3), which approves the allocation of the site from the borders of the West Doha station to the borders of the Jahra Nature Reserve for the implementation of the Jahra Waterfront Project (Corniche).
In a statement, the ministry clarified that it will proceed with evacuating 116 chalets and handing them over to the Kuwait Municipality once all contracts with the chalet users have been officially terminated.
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