Unfortunate incidents happen around the world.
Taking with it lives of hundreds and at times thousands of people.
These incidents are unpredictable and no one can surely know when and where these incidents will occur.
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and every natural disaster are unforeseen and uncontrollable, and in such times, government and citizens around the world assist each other in such disastrous situations.
In Qatar, the situation may have a different perspective.
As recently a building just came crumbling down killing innocent civilians.
Many would say that such can also be classified as an unforeseen disaster.
But many do not know the following facts that have been presented to the authorities and they failed to take the necessary actions to mitigate these catastrophic events.
In the past decade alone, Qatar’s authorities have been warned and alerted of many incidents that will occur in the State of Qatar, from all building crumbling down to new mega malls that will take lives of thousands of innocent people.
These expected disastrous events are also related to these buildings not being well equipped or prepared to mitigate catastrophic events from fire, rain and structural destructions.
Qatar Mall, a mega structure that was constructed by Al Khayyat/Urbacon, who are owned by Syrian individuals who have been nationalized in Qatar by Sheikha Mozah, these individuals not only exploited the opportunities that were initially intended for the Qatari citizens, but as well took advantage of all prime projects in the State. Whilst these projects were financed by Private Engineering Office, known as PEO, an office directly reporting to the Emir of the State, paid by the State, paid from Qatari Citizens funds, all benefits of such projects were routed to the accounts of these individuals abroad. Qatar Mall cost the State over QAR 3 billion, which is equivalent to the price of 10 malls in Europe of equivalent size and establishment.
Qatar Mall is believed to be the next event that will strike the citizens of the State, and at that moment, authorities cannot claim such catastrophic event of being unpredictable, as all related departments concerned with the safety of the citizens have been pre-informed and provided with evidence beyond any doubt, that Qatar Mall is a potential risk and a disastrous event that will occur if the authorities do not close down this mega mall and launch an official investigation towards this matter.
International expert have visited Qatar Mall after the huge fire that engulfed in the mall prior its opening, and detailed evidence was submitted showing the detrimental effect of such building on lives of citizens and that the structure should be completely removed and rebuild from scratch as the structure have been affected by the fire extensively.
Al Khayyat/Urbacon neglected to take these statements into serious account and obtained alternative fabricated report that the structure is sound, all in the means of opening Qatar Mall on time and no consideration on how many lives may be affected. #1
Qatar Mall’s expected incident is one of hundreds of structures that have been reported to the State authorities that will be impacted soon, maybe in months or years, but in surety, they will be affected.
Other structures include Towers in West Bay and Lusail which are already leaning and will collapse in due course, these buildings that have been improperly built on water tables that are being drained through dewatering processes that are inducing risks to these buildings and alternatively affecting other structures in
the region.
Citizens of the State can personally visit the underground part of these structures and visualize for themselves how these structures are losing their integrity day after day, and how water is dissipating through the walls of these buildings.
Even older buildings that were built with poor materials of local limestones in the past decades are being placed under extreme risks because of the dredging, dewatering and vibration induced in those areas due to new construction being placed around them. These older buildings should be vacated and inspected for their structural integrity.
All these expected events of chaotic nature have been notified to the authorities, as well as the expected possibility of deformation of structures in the metro project, whereby it is expected that the pathways of these structures are being shifted by the day from their course due to strata movement caused by unplanned construction and improper foundations.
Qatar Citizens should protect their families, their benefits and assure that such incidents are not left to authorities who care only for their financial benefits.
Actions should be taken today to prevent expected catastrophes tomorrow.
