The Public Authority for Roads and Transport (PART) will open the Sabah Al-Salem area bridge at the intersection of the area’s road number 5 with Al-Ghouss Street today.

A security source said the Ministry of Interior has put in place a security plan for the New Year celebrations which involves most sectors of the Ministry of Interior, especially in the field of rescue, traffic, and public security alongside the Criminal Investigation and State Security departments, reports Al-Anba daily.

Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) is currently planning to open an office to issue instant civil ID cards to expatriates, especially as the service is already available for citizens, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The Interior Ministry announced yesterday a hotline through which callers can submit complaints directly to the General Investigations Department. In a statement to the press yesterday, the relations and security information department at the interior ministry said the General Investigations Department has set up a hotline to receive complaints around the clock.

While a non-resident Indian (NRI) is not required to have an Aadhar card or a PAN (Permanent Account Number), it is mandatory to link them by Dec 31 if one has them.

In a step that paves the way for completion of transactions and renewal of residence permits online, which is expected to be soon, the Ministry of Interior has developed, through its website, a service which the expatriates or the companies representatives can avail by just filling a form, reports Al-Anba daily.

A medical facility accepting only expatriate laborers opened in Al-Shadadiya, Kuwait, on Wednesday, part of a new healthcare plan that includes renovations of hospitals and clinics across the country, said an official on Wednesday.

The Kuwaiti supreme committee for search and rescue, chaired by President of Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah, approved the national plan for search and rescue.

Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has reminded employers about the need to abide by the decision of PAM that bans laborers working in open areas during the peak hot hours from 11 am to 4 pm in order to ensure the safety of the laborers and the interests of employers, reports Al- Anba daily quoting a reliable source from PAM.

MP Faisal Al- Kandari has submitted a bill stating that the working hours in governmental authorities during summer should be from 5:00 to 10:00 pm.