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The Crown
Prince chairs the meeting of
SEWA Board
H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohd. bin
Sultan Al-Qassimi, the Crown
Prince, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah
and Chairman of SEWA Board of
Directors, chaired the meeting
of SEWA Board which was held on
Thursday, 29th March,
2007 at SEWA Head Office.
The Board addressed several
issues and subjects in respect
of work progress and
requirements for the projects of
electricity, water and natural
gas. According to Eng. Al
Waleed Khalid bin Khadem, the
Director General of SEWA, the
Board instructed that the draft
law on protection of the general
grids of electricity, water and
gas to be submitted to the
Executive Council for
endorsement. The new law will
cover expansions and development
of the general grids during the
past years which were not
covered by the prevailing laws.
The Board also recommended that
a coordination meeting is to be
held between SEWA, Sharjah
Municipality, Sharjah
Environment and Protected Areas
Authority to study the draft law
of water resources protection,
identify the relevant mechanisms
of the law and submit the same
to the Executive Council for
endorsement.
The Board recommended that
Sharjah Environment and
Protected Areas Authority
initiated by SEWA to promote the
use of natural gas as convenient
fuel because Sharjah Emirate
took the lead of using natural
gas as convenient fuel in Gulf
Area with the introduction of
first of its kind Natural Gas
Distribution Project in 1999
which was implemented as per
instruction of H.H. Dr. Sheikh
Sultan bin Mohd. Al-Qassimi, the
Member of Supreme Council and
Ruler of Sharjah,. The
introduction of the piped gas
supply service comes in line
with vision of H.H. the Ruler to
provide the nationals and the
residents of Sharjah with high
living standards. Today the gas
network covers 90% of Sharjah
City as about 85000 customers
are taking advantage of this new
service at residential,
commercial and industrial
areas. In 2003, the Executive
council approved a feasibility
study made and by SEWA to
introduce the use of CNG a fuel
for vehicles in Sharjah. In the
first stage of the project, 250
cars and vehicles belonged to
SEWA were converted to CNG
firing system. In 2005, the
first Gas Filling Station was
commissioned in Sharjah and
another Filling Station is under
construction. Conversion of 250
vehicles belonged to Sharjah
Municipality is under progress.
The vehicles belonged to D.H.L
were also converted to CNG
firing.
In March 2006, SEWA entered into
MOU with ADNOC to construct four
filling stations within their
distribution network in order to
convert and supplies vehicles
with CNG fuel.
SEWA is currently coordinating
with the Federal Standardization
and Specifications Authority to
issue unified Gas Standards in
UAE. The Federal Authority was
provided with all relevant
information of Sharjah Natural
Gas Distribution Network and the
project on use of CNG as fuel
for vehicles.
The Board of Directors also
reviewed a report about
Financial Accommodation Grants
for the national staff. His
Highness the Crown Prince of
Sharjah stressed on the
importance of supporting the
national staff to establish
their living standards.
The Board discussed different
issue in respect of work
progress and take the necessary
relevant action. |
