VOL. XLIII

No. 19

8-May-2000

UAE

First Phase Of Sharjahs Domestic Gas Link Near Completion

Sharjahs Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) says it will complete the first phase of the emirates Natural Gas Project, in which 25,000 houses in the center of the city will be connected to the gas network, by the end of this month. Work on the distribution system, which will cost Dh450mn ($122mn) in total, began in 1998 (MEES, 20 April 1998). Under the second phase of the project, a further 35,000...