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DM ties up with Dubai Police to fog control
Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality on Tuesday has announced that the Municipality will collaborate with Dubai Police in monitoring and controlling difficult weather conditions in the emirate.
This came during the launching of the main fog and meteorological station by Municipality in Al Warqa'a, which is connected with the network of 13 other substations in different locations across Dubai aiming at improving the safety on road and in sea. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander in Chief of Dubai Police, Assistant Directors of Municipality, Mohammad Mashroom, Director of Survey Department and number of other officials were present on the occasion.
Lootah said the initiative is aimed to avoid accidents like the 2008 shocking crash in Ghantoot, in which four died and hundreds injured because of low visibility on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway. A similar pile-up in Jebel Ali killed a bus driver and injured 40 people two years later.
"The system used in these stations will provide information on density of fog, low visibility, degree of humidity, rainfall, water level, wind speed and temperature of weather and sand in Dubai. This data would be provided on time to Dubai Police and Coastal Guards, which will be spread via i-phones and BBs" Mashroom said.
Eight automated fog-detection machines are located on land, mostly near main highways. Five others near coasts and one have been set up in the sea, about 20 kilometres off the Jumeirah coast.
Project coordinator Sachin Kumar Chauhan said a team from Survey Department visited some successful fog monitoring systems inside and outside the country to adopt most suitable one in Dubai.
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For further information:
Naseem K.M
Media Officer,
Media Section
Corporate Marketing & Relations Department
Dubai Municipality
+971 206 04 4654
+971 4 2232188
+971 551643870
nkhamza@dm.gov.ae
© Press Release 2012
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