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Financial aid rumours trigger traffic jam in Muscat
People believed that the OWA was authorised to collect relevant documents to be forwarded for the grant and thus thronged the OWA premises in large numbers
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:00 June 4, 2010
Muscat: Rumours about financial aid for widows and divorcees triggered a traffic jam and chaos outside the Omani Women's Association (OWA) Salalah office in the southern region, according to a report in Arabic daily Shabiba.
People believed that the OWA was authorised to collect relevant documents to be forwarded for the grant and thus thronged the OWA premises in large numbers.
The OWA shut their gates and put a notice outside which said: "Dear citizens do not come to association for registration."
However, what infuriated the crowds was a cardboard box outside the gates in which people had placed applications. The OWA had no knowledge of the box and who put it there.
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