• People are talking about the decision by the Indonesian embassy to stop issuing housemaid visas for an unknown period. The reason given by the embassy is that they are unable to meet the financial burden of sending runaway housemaids back home.
• Many people are criticising the habit of writing on car glasses or putting stickers on them because they obscure vision and can cause accidents.
• There is a discussion about the Qatar University research centre for traffic. The centre is expected to contribute to improving the traffic situation in the country, raise awareness, and reduce accidents.
• People have appreciated Ashghal’s rerouting of heavy trucks on Ras Laffan Highway, which has significantly solved the problem of traffic jams in the area.
• There is a discussion in the social media about the sanitation project in Southern Doha called ‘Idriss’. This is one of the biggest infrastructure projects that will be developed by Ashghal.
• The ‘Step into Health’ initiative launched by the Aspire Zone is winning praise from people as it is beneficial for fitness and health.
• Many residents of Al Khraitiyat area are calling for constructing speed breakers on roads or setting up radars because many careless and reckless drivers, mostly young men, are practising car racing which can cause fatal accidents.
• There is talk about the Aspire Zone’s plan to hold the TORCH Staircase Run on February 16. Participants have to start at the base of the tower and make their way up the stairs to the finish line on the 51st floor.
• Many people with disabilities are complaining through the radio programme Watani Al Habeb Sabah Al Khair that they are facing difficulties in carrying out banking activities. Banks are asking them to bring representatives, so they are requesting the concerned bodies to help them and solve the problem.
• People are complaining about noisy motorcycle driving in residential areas at night. Motorcycle drivers are using devices that increase the engine sound.
