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The cost of land" forced the "simple citizen" to live in the valleys with the blessing of "influential"

Drainage of torrential rain and rain .. Failure suspended «bell of danger»!

In recent years, floods and rain disasters have claimed hundreds of lives and caused serious damage to public and private property and property.

A number of participants in the "Tuesday Seminar" called for the establishment of an independent body responsible for the implementation and follow-up of drainage projects, both inside and outside the cities, especially with the large number of infrastructure projects in recent years and the limited potential of the city secretariats to follow up the projects. The responsibility for draining the rain and flood water is assigned to the Ministry of Water and Electricity because it is the competent ministry. Others felt that we do not need giant projects to drain rain and flood water, similar to what exists in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok because our annual rainfall is simple.

The participants attributed the reasons for the lack of accurate prediction of rainfall and the recurrence of floods because we do not have a record of rain similar to what is in Britain, which has a record of 500 years ago, helping them to know the time of floods and the probability of rainfall and expected quantities.

The participants stressed that the most important solutions to the problems caused by rainfall and floods are the accuracy in the implementation of studies and recommendations issued by the parties urgently.

We need a body that will be responsible for "planning and implementation", "a record of rain", activating the role of municipal councils and providing adequate financial allocations

Repetition of disasters

At the beginning, Brigadier General Jedawi talked about the causes of repeated disasters of rainfall and floods in recent years. He pointed out that the Kingdom is located in a semi-desert climate with few rains and not abundant. It is often rain that is absent for four or five years and comes suddenly. The climate change in the last two years and the change in the rainfall cycle, which is said to be about 40 years old and the heavy rain that has hit most of the cities in the last two years is a good proof of this. The community did not witness the heavy rain last year for decades, The problem is revealed and made In the Civil Defense Department we are prepared for any disaster that may occur and declare a state of emergency when the rains are heavy, in addition to the aggression of a number of citizens on the stomachs of the valleys, whether that attack by a citizen looking for cheap housing or a trader urged by greed to seize the stomachs of valleys and then Sell ​​them.

Brigadier General Jedawi: We suffer from the delay in the implementation of «drainage projects» .. and the measure of risk the size of losses and not the amount of rain.

echnically

"If we address the issue technically, the causes of the disaster are the failure of drainage networks to absorb the rainwater. The sewage networks are divided into three sections: sewerage networks, rainwater drainage networks, flood drainage networks, Between these networks, the sewage drainage network refers to the discharge of sewage water only, and rainwater drainage networks. This means that the rain falls on the city. Rain amounts are calculated in technical ways and the grid is designed. Come from far away and attack the Qat and the cities, "pointing out that there is a huge difference between rain water and flood waters, each of which is dangerous, even if simultaneously met the rain water and the waters of Seoul; it will cause a disaster, for example, what happened to the city of Jeddah recently where it was subjected to heavy rain and large quantities greater absorption of rainwater drainage networks, in addition to exposure to water Seoul transported in large quantities coming from the east outweigh the absorption of drainage of flood water networks; the results were painful disaster.

Major Zahrani: "The disaster is greater" when some government bodies abandon their responsibilities at the time of the event

Simple discharge

He also added "M.alaqila" that the technical reasons that rainwater drainage networks we have in all the cities of the kingdom is Tbarva simple; because rainfall amounts we often do not exceed 100 mm and the water were not formed to have any risk to the cities in the decades The last three, although sometimes impeding traffic, did not cause disasters; drainage networks were able to absorb water. All the kingdom's disasters in the past were caused by torrential rains coming from large valleys, but the situation has now changed completely. It flows profusely and with enormous amounts of water, which spills J change with rain water drainage networks, and in the coastal cities, there is a need to have the streets tendencies towards the sea in order to facilitate the passage of water into the sea

Shared responsibility

He stressed that the civil defense is not alone in the responsibility of facing the disasters of rain and floods, it is part of a system that includes a number of ministries and government sectors under the name of the Civil Defense Council, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, All these bodies are responsible for facing disasters, whether the disaster of Seoul and rain or other, in addition to the civil defense committees located in each region and headed by the princes of the regions and the membership of all government departments in the region, including the Ministry of Education, Nor the face of rain, we may face liability in certain partial, such as warning, evacuation and rescue operations and housing but there are other bodies responsible for the rest of the particles of the disaster.

M.alaqila: Our problem is «the failure of the drainage networks» to absorb rainwater in large quantities and unexpected.

Plans to ward off risk

He says, "Alraid.alzahrana": "There are plans to ward off those risks, whether environmental or social, we in the General Directorate of Civil Defense Our plans called the detailed civil defense plans and involving all parties participating in the membership of the Supreme Council for Civil Defense, there are also parties not concerned We are required to participate in the Civil Defense Council to send to us authorized delegates who are with us at the Operations Center. If we need anything from any government department, we only have to address the authorized representative we have. Center for the Milliyet, and when it took each of these entities the tasks assigned to it to the fullest; God willing, we will be able to contain the disaster quickly and processed, and the more neglected those actors in the responsibilities of the disaster was greater. "

Concerted efforts

The government, if it does what is required of it, as well as citizens if they comply with the instructions and implement the recommendations of civil defense at the time of disasters; the risk will be less and less damage, if there was no awareness of the citizens, and there was no concerted efforts by the authorities concerned to disaster; will the gap be greater and serious and severe disaster the greatest; therefore, for municipal councils in each province to take the initiative to move disaster time and to provide assistance to these government agencies and facilitate their tasks.

Experiences are important

"We have learned many lessons and important experiences from the rain disasters of the past two years in some parts of the Kingdom, especially the Seoul Jeddah disaster, because they have brought out much of the light that we need in terms of procedures and models that we have in the Directorate of Civil Defense for a long time, "The Civil Defense has drawn lessons from the disaster. Some of the existing programs have been re-developed, as well as the development of a coordination mechanism with the concerned parties to implement the civil defense measures, This was reflected positively on the citizen, where the citizen has awareness of the magnitude of the disasters, and awareness of the need not to obstruct the functioning of rescue mechanisms at the time of disasters, in the rains that occurred after the disaster of Jeddah by two weeks; citizens were cars on the outskirts of the road to allow the two mechanisms of civil defense to pass, Civil defense mechanisms from the Bryan Bridge to Kilo (14) only 7 minutes after it had been at least half an hour before, because of the overcrowding that was the biggest cause of the citizen, and everyone has a culture of volunteerism with the help of civil defense personnel and facilitate their tasks at the time of disasters.

M. Azharani: Investors seized the stomachs of the valleys and turned it into residential schemes!

Determine the severity level

On the avoidance of dangers, says "Maj. Al-Zahrani": "The disasters of rain and floods are not without two things either be the proceeds from distant places through the valleys known or the local rains and floods within the province, if there were movable coming from distant areas, The Civil Defense, as usual, warns all those who live near the valley, which will be taken by the next stream not to approach the valley, and field patrols of the Civil Defense to survey the valley before the arrival of the flood and warn people with warning whistles and loudspeakers, Belly of the valley, and will not be "There is no loss of life and no material damage, so we can reduce the scale of the disaster," he said, adding that the disaster is difficult to contain; if the rains are local within the basin of the province, and in heavy quantities fall on the roofs of houses, and then to the streets and turn To floods no one can determine their destination, and how high and speed and thus get a disaster.

Disaster and crisis management

He called for a "Disaster Management and Crisis Management Unit" at the Kingdom level, which has branches in all the cities of the Kingdom. These disasters should not go unnoticed, and we should be careful about the systems and procedures and do not prevent the Disaster and Crisis Management Unit from using international expertise. We are ready, ready and equipped to manage the disaster as an earthquake. If we are ready, do we have direct contact with international seismic companies and teams so that we can benefit from their experience in disaster management? .

Quick Solutions

"We in the civil defense of the Supreme Council of Civil Defense, which is a global organization can manage any crisis, and we prepare emergency meetings in the event of any disaster and we seek with them quick solutions; to contain the disaster, even if the voluntary action imposed The Council has all relevant authorities to send delegates to the headquarters of the event, but each working from its headquarters, "pointing out that their presence with the Civil Defense in the operations center is evidence of the existence of coordination and in order to benefit from the international experience, the civil defense is a member of the International Organization of Civil Defense, Yeh, always benefit from the experiences of developed countries, and they also benefit especially on the subject of the success of the civil defense in the human crowd management in the pilgrimage season each year.

Above the potential

M. Burhan pointed out that there are cities in the world that live all over the water, yet their housing is safe, which requires finding safe housing for the people. The state did not limit this aspect, but the flood drainage projects and the new dam projects were above the possibilities and expertise of the city secretariats. Therefore, it is time to find a specialized body specialized in the prevention of damage to floods and rain. In the month of Safar 1431, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ordered the issuance of SR 600 million for the Jeddah Municipality. The decree was issued only in the month of Shawwal, 8 months after the issuance of the Royal Order. Wonder why this delay of financial? At the same time, we call Jeddah Municipality and the Municipal Council to disclose 600 million where spent as long as the problem is not solved and the disaster has been repeated? It is supposed that the Municipal Council in turn hold accountable Jeddah Municipality for the reason for this delay in addition to the contractors responsible for the implementation of these projects lack the national sense, it is not reasonable to be the project study by 100 million riyals !. He called on "M.alzahrana" to specialized management manages these giant projects and pursued; because the state acted hundreds of millions of these projects but there is no accurate follow-up to her.

Experience

The Kingdom is living under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, God preserves a great renaissance in the promotion of unprecedented infrastructure. In the history of the Kingdom in all the cities of the Kingdom, for example, not limited to the secretariat of Jeddah since (25) years did not establish a single bridge, and in one year collided with the secretariat projects to build a large number of bridges and tunnels after the loss of experience for 25 years, Experienced expertise to solve rainwater and flood problems.

He saw "Brigadier Jaddaoa" that the delay in the start of projects and the length of time for projects; is a big problem and is a burden on the state, and perhaps delayed some projects in the occurrence of disasters cause.

The most harmful

Speaking about the human and material losses caused by floods and rain, Brigadier General Jedawi said: "The governors of the matter, God save them in our country, are the first thing they ask about in the event of disasters. Primarily the safety of the citizen and, secondly, the safety of his property, his contacts and his contacts. "

Commented, "Major Zahrani" reference that can not be compared to material losses and human losses, and can not be compared to the lives of citizens and the rule of our government pay billions of riyals to protect citizens, and this is a clear indication that the loss of the greatest citizen on the state-of-billion loss.

Al-Aqili stressed that human losses are not measured in price and the state did not limit this aspect.

Realistic solutions

"We need to be realistic, because some citizens are asking the state to create hundreds of billions of sewage networks like those in Malaysia, America or Europe, and here we have to understand the situation of these countries," said M. Al-Aqili. Which has spent hundreds of billions on the networks of rainwater drainage and floods; because the rain almost daily Is it reasonable that the state to spend hundreds of billions on the network of rainwater drainage and we see rain only once or twice a year, "noting that there are solutions less than simulations For those countries with daily rainfall there are d Asat can solve the problem for us at the lowest cost so that in the cities tunnels from the underground absorbing the flood waters and rain and dams from where it may come from the flooded Seoul and the abandonment and villages are still all buildings in the valleys of the valleys, stressing the need for a project to develop rainwater drainage, Valleys and rainwater drainage in a balanced network with a certain tendency.

Combining efforts

Al-Zahrani pointed out that the urgent solutions in the procedural aspect are the concerted efforts by all sectors of government and the development of studies that can determine the quantities of water and the flow speed, and the creation of giant channels of Seoul in all cities of the Kingdom based on hydrographic studies begins with the most important parts by Expected severity.

He calls "M. Burhan" to collect ideas and suggestions made in many countries in the world and affected by the rains, And the search for solutions to benefit from these studies and solutions, and most developed countries have advanced technology for the discharge of rainwater with the power of magnet and this is undoubtedly better than the idea of ​​dams.

In the opinion of M. Zahrani that the fastest solutions to contain the disasters of rain and floods follow up the progress of projects and concerted efforts and coordination between the relevant bodies and cooperation of citizens, both before the disaster by applying the instructions of civil defense and the time of disaster to provide every citizen.

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Brigadier General Abdullah Jadawi pointed out that the civil defense is in urgent need to benefit from the experiences of other countries in the face of floods, as well as to build dams to protect the cities from the storms, high quality networks for rainwater drainage, new channels (ferries) Some of them are disabled. In the Jeddah disaster, we found that in the way of the two Holy Mosques, there are 52 channels of drainage. This is one of the biggest causes of Seoul's famous Seoul disaster.

We in the Directorate of Civil Defense do our part to raise these needs to the relevant authorities and with great regret that some government agencies are upset by these needs that we identify and ask them to provide.

When do we respect the geographical nature of the Earth?

He called on citizens and investors to respect the geographical nature of the land, respect the valleys that have been traversed for millions of years, and not to encroach upon them and turn them into residential lands, even if their money has been dead for hundreds of years.

Housing Authority »claim to save thousands of citizens

From the valleys and to find suitable accommodation for them

It is a housing problem in the first place; a citizen who can not find housing and can not buy residential land within the cities will resort to buying cheap land even if it is in schemes that are not approved or fall. In the valleys of the valleys, and what happened in the disaster of Jeddah is proof of this talk; because citizens who could not buy land in the north of Jeddah due to excessive prices have been forced to buy the land of East Jeddah at prices that suit their potential; even if they were non-Sukuk, and therefore were exposed to their children.

He said: "We have warned before (15) years of the repercussions of the problem east of Jeddah, and now that the disaster occurred; revealed (8000) units of land damaged some of which have homes and some are still raw and now everyone is wondering what is the alternative ?, and we ask the Housing Authority Saving the thousands of citizens from the stomachs of the valleys in various regions of the Kingdom, by finding suitable housing for them, "noting that" flood "floods Umm al-Khayr complex in Jeddah for the second time; is a compromise from the secretariat of Jeddah, where he separated between the disasters (13) the Secretariat finger towards housing or good and this indulgence undoubtedly inflicted psychological harm residents of the complex, and declared a state of Emergency of the civil defense, not the logic of civil defense every year to rescue people by helicopter and rubber boats, while there are easier solutions to the Jeddah Municipality.

"The Civil Defense has warned the Jeddah Municipality of the Umm al-Khair housing complex, and demanded that it be removed but to no avail. The disaster has been repeated, and we have transported more than 200 people through helicopters and rubber boats," Brigadier General Gedawi said..