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Rain-hit motorists search for number plates in puddles
Commuters were seen searching for their car number plates on Wednesday at the water-logged entrance to Ibn Batuta Mall and the Discovery Gardens.
- By Mahmood Saberi, Staff Reporter
- Published: 18:29 January 16, 2008
- Image Credit: Mahmood Saberi/Gulf News
- The plates had apparently come lose and fell off while motorists floated through the waters
Dubai: Commuters were seen searching for their car number plates on Wednesday at the water-logged entrance to Ibn Batuta Mall and the Discovery Gardens.
“Thank God I found it,'' said Abdul Aziz, who lives in the Gardens, wiping his Dubai number plate which was dented and out of shape. “It was horrible last night,'' he said.
On the pavement were other number plates, some of them broken. The plates had apparently come lose and fell off while motorists floated through the waters.
The entrance to Ibn Batuta from the flyover was blocked with submerged cars on Tuesday night. One woman was seen sitting in her car with the waters gently lapping around her, trying desperately to get help on her mobile.
Three pumps were seen working at this ‘lake' on Wednesday morning. “We are not sure when we can clear this road,'' said one staffer from a construction company.
Meanwhile, there is only one way in and out of the Gardens, Jebel Ali Village, Gardens Apartments and motorists will have to be patient as it is bumper to bumper getting in or out from the Sixth Interchange flyover.
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