Culture Minister calls for urgent campaign to protect Old Sanaa

SANAA, April 14 (YPA) – Minister of Culture Abdullah Ahmad al-Kibsi on Tuesday inspected the damage caused by heavy rains and torrents in the historic city of Sanaa on Monday.

In this regard, the Culture Minister called on the Public Works Office in the capital Sanaa to implement an urgent campaign inside the city to remove eh construction waste that hinder the drainage of rain water and distort the old city.

Al-Kibsi instructed the Historic Cities Authority to quickly communicate and coordinate with the Capital Secretariat and the Public Works Office to extract water from a number of lanes, yards, and orchards that were affected by torrents.

YPA