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Lootah opens temporary Naif souq
Engineer Hussain Nasser Lootah, Acting Director General of Dubai Municipality, officially opened on Thursday the temporary Naif souq built by Dubai Municipality for the traders of the old Naif Souq, which was gutted in an inferno early April.
Dubai: Engineer Hussain Nasser Lootah, Acting Director General of Dubai Municipality, officially opened on Thursday the temporary Naif souq built by Dubai Municipality for the traders of the old Naif Souq, which was gutted in an inferno early April.
Lootah said: "The temporary souq, which is now ready for receiving the public, was set up by the municipality with the best specifications that suit this type of markets within the shortest possible time.
The temporary market, which is located 500 meters away from the original souq, houses same number of 200 shops.
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