21 November 2009

I appreciate the Sharjah government for continuously working to control the traffic congestions in the emirate.

The main reason for the formation of congestion is lack of easy excess to the road leading to Dubai and entry to Sharjah. For example, to get entry to the south ring road, vehicles coming from the city have to take a zig-zag turn near Safeer Mall. Then the road narrows to one track leading to the first flyover.

Even though the ring road is wide, there is only one track to enter all the four roads leading to Dubai. The situation is the same for the traffic leading to Sharjah from Dubai. Though the roads are wide, it becomes single track near the flyover, and this leads to the piling up of vehicles.

The solutions are:
a) Route the Al Khan road directly to the ring road
b) Increase the number of tracks in the exit to Dubai from ring road and vice versa towards Sharjah.

I hope the authorities will consider these suggestions to ensure the smooth flow of traffic into and out of the beautiful city of Shrajah.

21 November 2009

Recently, I bought some stuff from a super market in City Centre, Hamdan street. I had also bought two packets of jelly, one cherry flavoured and the other, raspberry flavoured.

I checked the expiry date of one and it said October 29, 2010. That was fine, and so I did not check the other one.

Two days later, when I took out the packets to prepare the jelly, my daughter noticed the expiry date on the second packet. It was dated October 19, 2009, which meant the product had already expired.

Yes, it was my mistake that I did not check the date. But does everyone check the expiry date of every product they buy? Shouldn’t the supermarkets be more careful?

21 November 2009

Let that switch be in the Off position! This is the time to save energy.

Most of us have been paying high bills to keep ourselves cool. Nature has heard our prayers and sympathised with us. ‘It’s time for you to enjoy,’ it says. ‘But do not heat me up.’

We should learn the principles of saving energy and take advantage of the weather patterns to save, help others and sustain our world.

Preheat water using solar power. This is especially so in the case of the hospitality and healthcare sectors. Let that switch be off. Open the window for fresh, cool air this winter. Do not use the cooler or air conditioner to lull you to sleep with its humming noise! The more you save, the richer you become!

21 November 2009

This is in response to the article, ‘Replace The Carrot With the Stick’ (Open Space, KT, November 17). I was shocked to read how the writer gets disturbed during his early morning walks because of a few cars parked in a haphazard manner. While I can understand his frustration, I don’t think it’s right to point fingers at others.

We have a lot of lung space in Dubai and I am sure Abu Dhabi is also a wonderful place with a lot of space.

I would like to know how blocking a car can disturb a person while walking. Think about those people who have cars and do not have space to park their vehicles. What will they do? It’s high time the authorities came up with a solution to provide more parking space, or else we might have to park our vehicles in such a manner that other cars are blocked.
In the meantime, the writer should look for another route where there are no cars. It’s as simple as that.

21 November 2009

I agree with the letter, ‘Banking Policies’ (Letters to the Editor, KT, November 18). A Dubai-based bank with whom I have had an account for many years, had earlier tried to deduct Dh15 from the account holder every month. Later they stopped this practice.

Later this month, on November 10, I was surprised to notice that the bank had deducted Dh35 twice from my account stating maintenance charges for the months of July and August.

I am sure many other account holders of the same bank too would have been facing the same problem.