Industry Authority Closes 8 'Violating' Plots in Shuwaikh Industrial Area
Public Authority for Industry issues orders to close 8 violating plots in Shuwaikh and revokes an erroneous decision on artisanal expansion.
Translated by Alqyas from Sarmad — Original source
The Public Authority for Industry issued a series of decisions, published Sunday morning in the official gazette “Kuwait Today,” ordering the closure of eight industrial plots in the Shuwaikh Industrial Area for violating the regulations and requirements governing industrial activities.
The violations that led to the closures varied from encroachment on state property and conducting commercial activities under expired licenses or contracts, to violations related to worker housing. The Authority granted the owners of the non-compliant plots a one-month deadline from the date of closure to rectify the violations and address their causes, warning that failure to comply within the specified period would result in the adoption of necessary legal measures and the imposition of prescribed penalties in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
In a related development, the Authority issued an administrative decision to revoke a previous order regarding the closure of one plot in the Salhiya Artisanal Expansion Area, after discovering an error in the plot number cited in the decision, which had led to the closure of an unintended plot.
The Authority clarified that the revocation of the decision was intended to correct the error concerning the plot’s details, thereby ensuring that closure measures are directed at the sites actually involved in the violations.
