His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, expressed his happiness with the Khorfakkan - Sharjah Road Project, describing it as a "joyous" and it is the gift of Khorfakkan to preserve the lives of its son-like citizens and save them time and protect them from accidents.
His Highness Ruler of Sharjah, said in a phone call via the "Direct Line" Program broadcast on Sharjah Radio and Television: "It is a pleasure to complete the Khorfakkan - Sharjah Road Tunnel. Thanks to Allah, the two companies assigned to work on the road, have started their work whereby each company takes its side, noting that the company which works on the road coming from Sharjah towards Khorfakkan, works faster than the other company working on the road coming from the direction of Khor Fakkan. However, this company promised us that it will work as fast as the first company."
His Highness added that "for your knowledge, the road of Khorfakkan - Sharjah is different from any other road; as I have exerted a great effort to be one of the most beautiful roads. The first advantage of this road is that the rise and fall of its level does not exceed 6%, which means that there is no danger. The second advantage is that the tunnels are about two large islands where there is car parking on the right and on the left for emergencies, which means that the place is very wide. Our goal from this project was not to save money; it was rather secure safety, comfort and health of people. We do not save money at the expense of human health. Moreover, this road strictly prevents the passage of transport vehicles and it will be made in a straight line, from Khor Fakkan passing through other areas such as Shis, et seq., We have also made the best use of the high mountains so that we do not have to go to the cliffs, but we have penetrated these mountains. Doing that costed us 25 million dirhams. We made this shortcut in the distance, in order not to encounter sharp cliffs, which cause the risk and car sliding and other incidents.
Therefore, we note that this road, when passing through Diftah, enters the valley by Diftah farms and goes out far away from Dhaid. Thus, it creates a smooth shortcut far away from the traffic congestion of Dhaid. This road will pass through and crosses Shis Tunnel to Diftah and passes towards the south valley, and up to the you-turn of «Square of Martyr Sultan bin Mohammed bin Huwaidin». We call this street "The Street of the Martyr", may Allah bless his soul, and we built a mosque there so that all prayers ask mercy for the Martyr. After passing through this you-turn, the road continues straight, until it intersects with Emirates Street at the city of Tilal ».
Thus, "This road shortens the distance and the time, and it takes 45 minutes by rational legal drive, taking into account that we will not allow the passage of goods transport companies, even they are governmental. This street is gift of Khor Fakkan which works on preserving the lives of my sons therein; they suffered a lot from this road. If a generation suffers from this road, I will not let other generations suffer from it. The real advantage of this road is to save time and prevent accidents. The main advantage of this road is that people with jobs in this coast are living in the city of Sharjah, habituating to commute from and to their place of business, and they got used to be far away from their houses and their families due troubles of this daily road».
Now, there is no excuse for these employees after this road is completed, so we want them to be able to have lunch with their families.
"We are also trying to find jobs in this region, by establishing entire institutions there, so as not to differentiate between these cities. It is so huge to find a citizen singing for the town of Khorfakkan, but unfortunately no one has ever sung to the city of Khorfakkan. The singer, Hussein Al Jasmi, sang for everything except for Khor Fakkan. It is so beautiful that a person sings for his town, alley and family; as this provides the individuals with the concept of belonging, because belonging is important. If individuals do not belong to this land, they will not defend it. This belonging needs a lot from the lover towards the homeland. It should not be asked what have the homeland provided for him as the homeland belongs to the citizen who must keep and guard it and to give it all what (s)he can.
The citizen has the right to demand what (s)he needs if (s)he feels that (s)he needs it, knowing that I do not overlook any alley in the Emirate of Sharjah, but personal demands have limits, but national demands have no limits ».
"In recent days, we have established an office of graduates from the University of Sharjah and American University of Sharjah, specializing in engineering and design. They work directly with me in the form of teams spread across the regions of Sharjah. We move together in the car to each region to find out about their real needs, such as establishing pedestrian paths, and other real needs. Such needs take a long time to implement, while we with this team are working to implement them directly. The office will see the light soon in the coming days, Allah's willing, and we have already recruited names of graduates of engineering and design from the American University and the University of Sharjah." The Ruler of Sharjah adds.
The you-turn at the entrance to Khorfakkan has four lakes, one of which extends on a green surface and rises with the green mountains. This view is a complete vision that I drew in my imagination, and we had difficulty in implementing it on the ground.
I said to the mayor of the municipality, may Allah reward her well: «I want when I come to this place to say three times Allah .. Allah .. Allah, she answered me saying: I say it four times, I asked her why? She said to me, because it is four lakes, and I said to her well, I will say Allah four times ».
"We now have the Sharjah census, and we have the desire, the intention and the patriotism. We employ the people who carry out the required projects, and we have areas where we deploy buildings and services quickly and the inhabitants notice that. Although these developments have been completed, there must be something that needs to be developed. We are now recruiting teams to observe what development can be added in these areas." said His Highness
I say to the people of Khorfakkan: listen to me well: This country needs its own sons, and does not want to distinguish between them. We were all born after nine months of pregnancy, there is no one among us is better than the other. Moreover, we ask them to sail in the river of reading and knowledge, and participate in cultural and scientific festivals. We know very well that some of them have difficulty in finding enough time for that, because of the distance between the workplace and the house, and we will remedy this problem soon, Allah willing, by establishing institutions close to them».
He added: "In our work we consider man the most important thing, and above all. When the people who applied for housing five years ago, and who numbered 17 thousand, got angry, we have completed residential units that will be completed by the end of this year; as we have built almost 5000 units. Among these requests, people have been disbursed loans, which are repaid in 25 years without interest. we are working on the housing project with all due diligence, for me this project is a personal project».
Housing and Employment
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah said: "In addition to providing housing, we are interested in providing the job. It is necessary to create the same job and prepare the student for it, and here interferes social situation, thus, we take into account the social differences between graduates. We should give priority to the employment of the son of the family who needs help. We prefer to appoint him before the graduate who belongs to a rich family. Because by appointing the former, we solve a financial problem for an entire family.
Unfortunately, some believe that the appointment of this graduate was based on "mediation". I say: «I swear by Almighty Allah, there is no mediation in employment except for the special social situations that I study».
We tell the job applicant: "If we are late in responding your job application, just be patient." We are required to employ 4,000 citizens within one year. We have an inflated number of employees without even the completion of the assigned work. We are concerned with providing housing, employment, living and health. Furthermore, we have provided health insurance for the civil servants and the elderly, and people with disabilities, and the people should to be contented of this reality; as contentment is an inexhaustible treasure».
He added: «What I want in the first place is to provide individuals with self-stability, peace of mind, and this does not come out of nothing, "for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.": remembrance of Allah is not just by words; but by deeds, thanking, prayer, performance of worships and duties, trust in Him, and that Allah will not quit you. Some people, if they are inflicted with an intensified disease, resort to Allah, yet all of us should resort to Almighty Allah for better or worse.
We want to build a true homeland, based on the shoulders of the faithful people who stand up praying all night. O youth! You receive a trust from Allah which is the child you give birth to. If you are not good, your children will not be good. Most of our calamities in the Arab world are due to the loss of the father and mother, whose loss will lead inevitably to the loss of the generation of our sons, and we want Allah gracious to us. If this is a test from the Lord of the Worlds, then we have learned and understood the lesson, but if it is a curse, there is no power or strength save in Almighty Allah. We must multiply our prayers and praise of Allah so that He forgives us.
We wish all of us happy days, and Allah protects them on the roads. We ask them not to speed and not tampering while driving, and to avoid the dangerous roads, and to multiply their prayers. We hope for a weekend without car accidents."