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Monday declared holiday for private and public sectors in Dubai
Monday, January 14, has been declared a holiday for public and private sectors in Dubai due to the closure of some main roads, bridges and tunnels.
- WAM
- Published: 15:53 January 13, 2008
- Some of the main roads, bridges and tunnels in Dubai will be closed on Monday.
- Image Credit: Gulf News
Dubai: Monday, January 14, has been declared a holiday for ministries, government establishments, schools and private sector companies in Dubai due to the closure of some main roads, bridges and tunnels. Official sources urged all residents to avoid using main roads on Monday. Frustrated motorists were stuck in traffic for hours on Sunday as a result of the unannounced road closures in Dubai, resulting in long delays in reaching to work places and homes. Motorists had to take alternative routes home and to work on Sunday as traffic came to a crawl due to the closure of some major roads in the city.
Major roads are closed ahead of US President George W. Bush's arrival in Dubai.
Indian national Naser Barayil, a General Manager of a Dubai company, said it took him three-and-a-half hours to get through “approximately four kilometers'' at midday on Sunday.
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