Hussayyen, Minister of Water and Electricity, Friday maintained that there were no shortcomings in the execution of the sewerage projects worth SR1 billion in Jeddah. In a letter to Osama Faqih, Chairman of the General Auditing Bureau (GAB), the minister questioned the findings of the bureau which pointed at violations that impeded the execution of the sanitary drainage networks in northern and central districts in Jeddah. The minister also said it was unacceptable to ignore the reasons beyond the control of the contractor. “The report focused on the shortcoming of the contractor but it did not refer to the reasons for which a number of agencies should be held accountable,” the minister said. Al-Hussayyen held accountable Jeddah Traffic Police, other service agencies which he did not name and the citizens for the delay in the implementation of the sanitary drainage connections as per the stipulated 36-month time period. The period given to the contractor was not enough for such a huge project and partly because of the uncooperative attitude of the agencies with the contractor, the minister said. “The project faced a lot of hurdles by the mayoralty and Traffic Department in particular which have negatively affected the progress of the implementation of the project,” the minister's letter said. “Moreover,” he said, “the contractor had suffered from the withdrawal of his equipment from the streets and the delay in issuing permits to the extent that the governor himself had to intervene and directed the mayoralty not to withdraw the contractors' machinery.” “The Ministry of Water extended the 36-month execution period by 13 months and also delayed its implementation to another 26 months until the ministry takes delivery of the project and refers it to By Adnan Al-ShabrawiJEDDAH – Abdullah Al-Hussayyen, Minister of Water and Electricity, Friday maintained that there were no shortcomings in the execution of the sewerage projects worth SR1 billion in Jeddah. In a letter to Osama Faqih, Chairman of the General Auditing Bureau (GAB), the minister questioned the findings of the bureau which pointed at violations that impeded the execution of the sanitary drainage networks in northern and central districts in Jeddah. The minister also said it was unacceptable to ignore the reasons beyond the control of the contractor. “The report focused on the shortcoming of the contractor but it did not refer to the reasons for which a number of agencies should be held accountable,” the minister said. Al-Hussayyen held accountable Jeddah Traffic Police, other service agencies which he did not name and the citizens for the delay in the implementation of the sanitary drainage connections as per the stipulated 36-month time period. The period given to the contractor was not enough for such a huge project and partly because of the uncooperative attitude of the agencies with the contractor, the minister said. “The project faced a lot of hurdles by the mayoralty and Traffic Department in particular which have negatively affected the progress of the implementation of the project,” the minister's letter said. “Moreover,” he said, “the contractor had suffered from the withdrawal of his equipment from the streets and the delay in issuing permits to the extent that the governor himself had to intervene and directed the mayoralty not to withdraw the contractors' machinery.” “The Ministry of Water extended the 36-month execution period by 13 months and also delayed its implementation to another 26 months until the ministry takes delivery of the project and refers it to __
