01-27-2009, 06:08 PM
mr kamran the current traffic situation
1. if u r working an dliving in dubai (a very lucky person)then it is not that much of a problem, better still live close to ure office or at walking distace.
2. if u work in dubai an dlive in sharjah, then expect to spend 1/2 ure life travelling on road. expect complete madness on the roads/bottleneck jams in the mornings. for example my brother works in dubai, the place is a less than 1/2 hour drive from our place (we live in sharjah) but it takes him more than 2 hours to reach work + another 2 to 3 hrs while comming back, sometimes even more.
often it feels stuck motionless in a traffic moving in inches. situation gets worst when schools open .even though the DUBAI government has introduced SALIK, road tax , still nothing has improved. ofcourse finding a place to park is another kind of hell.
job cuts are mostly in the construction and real estate sectors. hotels have also cut jobs but not to a greater extent. i havent read of 100 000 jobs being cut. what we have read in the newspapers here is that Nakheel has cut 500 jobs and Damac has cut 200 jobs. these are very large developers in dubai.
its mostly families who are leaving this country (in 1000's ) after the "one villa one family " drive.
1. if u r working an dliving in dubai (a very lucky person)then it is not that much of a problem, better still live close to ure office or at walking distace.
2. if u work in dubai an dlive in sharjah, then expect to spend 1/2 ure life travelling on road. expect complete madness on the roads/bottleneck jams in the mornings. for example my brother works in dubai, the place is a less than 1/2 hour drive from our place (we live in sharjah) but it takes him more than 2 hours to reach work + another 2 to 3 hrs while comming back, sometimes even more.
often it feels stuck motionless in a traffic moving in inches. situation gets worst when schools open .even though the DUBAI government has introduced SALIK, road tax , still nothing has improved. ofcourse finding a place to park is another kind of hell.
job cuts are mostly in the construction and real estate sectors. hotels have also cut jobs but not to a greater extent. i havent read of 100 000 jobs being cut. what we have read in the newspapers here is that Nakheel has cut 500 jobs and Damac has cut 200 jobs. these are very large developers in dubai.
its mostly families who are leaving this country (in 1000's ) after the "one villa one family " drive.
