JEDDAH: Many areas in Jeddah’s Mushrefah District 1 are without streetlights for years, say residents. In some areas, streetlights have been absent for as many as four years, they were quoted as saying by an online newspaper on Friday.
Waleed Abdullah, a resident, was quoted as saying that the area has a huge population. “The residents of the area are scared to go out after sunset. The secretariat was informed about the problem many times, but no action has been taken.” Mohammad Ali Yaghmoor, another resident, said: “We are afraid about our vehicles … because some laborers walk after midnight. We need to park our vehicles on the main road.”
Yaghmoor said he is old and the mosque is not close to his house and that he has to go the mosque in the dark for Fajr and Isha prayers. “The secretariat must look into the complaints, which have been made many times.”
Mohammad Al-Hai said that one day he found the tires of his car stolen.
Yahya Salim said that Ramadan was coming and women want to go to mosques for Taraweeh and TaHajud prayers. Due to the lack of streetlights, it is difficult, he added.
An official in the Jeddah Secretariat said that a meeting was held with the director of lighting. “All previous complaints would be looked into and there would be a ground survey. There are just 20 workers in the lighting department of the secretariat and all of them will be sent to work.”
He said 90 electricity cables have been severed by communications companies and they have not repaired them.
Waleed Abdullah, a resident, was quoted as saying that the area has a huge population. “The residents of the area are scared to go out after sunset. The secretariat was informed about the problem many times, but no action has been taken.” Mohammad Ali Yaghmoor, another resident, said: “We are afraid about our vehicles … because some laborers walk after midnight. We need to park our vehicles on the main road.”
Yaghmoor said he is old and the mosque is not close to his house and that he has to go the mosque in the dark for Fajr and Isha prayers. “The secretariat must look into the complaints, which have been made many times.”
Mohammad Al-Hai said that one day he found the tires of his car stolen.
Yahya Salim said that Ramadan was coming and women want to go to mosques for Taraweeh and TaHajud prayers. Due to the lack of streetlights, it is difficult, he added.
An official in the Jeddah Secretariat said that a meeting was held with the director of lighting. “All previous complaints would be looked into and there would be a ground survey. There are just 20 workers in the lighting department of the secretariat and all of them will be sent to work.”
He said 90 electricity cables have been severed by communications companies and they have not repaired them.
