First images of Bahrain-Qatar causeway revealed

doesn't look too solid and steady...

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reminded me of Tsing Ma bridge in Hongkong ...

Its already overcrowded and impossible to get anywhere at weekends !

And the MPs are condidering closing Juffair area at midnight to curb traffic problems and drunk Arabs driving round everywhere !

(Gulf daily news)

Clamp on sleaze!

MEASURES are being drawn up to combat sleaze in Juffair, which has been dubbed "Little Las Vegas".

They include forcing shops on the area's busiest commercial street to close at midnight, as well as preventing cars from using the same road from midnight until morning.

The action is being considered by the Manama Municipal Council in response to complaints from residents that the area has become a red light district.

It says prostitutes are regularly seen walking on the main commercial street and wants the Interior Ministry to open a dedicated vice office, similar to one that already exists in Hoora, where people can report violations.

It also wants police to patrol the main strip, which houses businesses including Starbucks, Chilis, Costa Coffee and Yum Yum Tree.

Police will also be asked to take a hard line on GCC nationals who reportedly frequent the area and chase women as they leave cafes and restaurants.

Area councillor and council public relations and information committee chairman, Fadhel Abbas, said these developments in Juffair were harming Bahraini people living there.

"Today, our lovely village is being called Little Las Vegas as drunken men walk down our streets and prostitutes stop cars looking for business," he said.

"We have asked the Interior Ministry several times to inspect furnished apartments, which are supposed to be for families, but are being rented by the hour to young GCC nationals looking for sex.

"The ministry says it has taken many owners to the Public Prosecution and closed buildings down for a few months, but we don't see any being closed down."

Mr Abbas said there had been cases of GCC nationals urinating in people's backyards, as well as racing their cars through the streets of the old village as they chase female drivers.

"It is not our fault that our village's homes are old, but the idea that those people enter our homes is really worrying," he said.

"The girls may be either studying or socialising in the cafes and restaurants, but when they leave they are being chased through the neighbourhood.

"This is bad for our girls and women, who are also chased when they come back from wedding parties or work."

Mr Abbas admitted that he did not expect business owners in the area to be happy with the new proposals, but claimed there was no alternative solution.

"Shops will have to close at midnight and can open early in the morning if they want," he said.

"I know that merchants won't be happy and will protest against the council decision when it is taken, but that's the only solution we have at the moment.

"The same is being done now in Bukhawara, Riffa, after residents complained that they were unable to sleep due to night activity in the area."

He said if the proposal was approved, the main commercial road would be cordoned off at night to prevent cars from using it and police patrols would be increased.

"They assigned community policemen to Juffair for two to three months, but then removed them from the road and people are asking why," added Mr Abbas.

He said Bahraini women from Juffair were now getting a bad reputation because of prostitution in the area and claimed people no longer wanted to marry them.

"These happenings are harming our daughters' reputations," he said.

"People don't differentiate between the actions of women from the village and outsiders.

"We are fed up of taking the law into our own hands. Several times people - mostly GCC nationals - who bothered our daughters have gotten a beating.

"We can't continue like this. We need the police to help because what we see now is driving people mad."

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well the bridge will be a two way things and alot of Bahrainis will come to Qatar and vice-versa.
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atleast v will take our driving with us over there!
wonder what they can bring over in return?
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