A serious worldwide railway convention returns to Abu Dhabi this month, hosted by Etihad Rail.
The three-day International Rail Transport Infrastructure Exhibition and Convention occasion is ready to attract 20,000 guests from throughout the globe, together with 200 audio system, 20 ministerial delegations and greater than 200 firms from internationally, organisers stated.
The convention, working from September 30 to October 2, goals to mirror on how railways can bolster logistics, enhance sustainability and improve commerce.
A Dh1 million ($272,250) innovation grant for options to rework the way forward for transport may also be given this yr.
The convention comes because the UAE is eagerly anticipating the launch of Etihad Rail’s passenger service in 2026.
It additionally comes because the Hafeet Rail mission – the joint passenger and freight railway community connecting the UAE and Oman – continues to advance.
“This yr we have seen an enormous improve within the variety of contributors,” Ahmed Al Hashemi, chief govt of Hafeet Rail and chairman of the convention’s govt committee, informed The Nationwide on Wednesday on the occasion’s launch.
“The exhibition may also function most of the options that the business has developed … and we’ll showcase the long run (of rail).”
Hafeet Rail is a megaproject that may hyperlink up the UAE and Oman, and whereas a launch date has not been revealed, building is effectively underneath means with the corporate final week exhibiting practice tracks arriving on the Omani port of Sohar.
Mr Al Hashemi stated the operator would define a few of the “very bold” plans of the mission on the convention.
“We are going to current the progress of the mission … and we’ll discuss … about how we envisage the cross-border motion of trains between the 2 nations.”
Mr Al Hashemi stated contracts to ship the mission have been awarded and exact work was ongoing to make sure the railway would combine with ports, financial zones and the economic hubs.
“It can set an instance of how such initiatives are delivered and the way they are often very useful to the connecting nations.
“You may take the load of 300 vans in a single practice,” he stated. “And (Abu Dhabi) to Sohar will take just one hour and 40 minutes.
“So it’s a very appreciable discount in journey time. It brings quite a lot of financial savings to the transport value and it comes with a larger degree of consolation in comparison with another technique to transfer throughout the border.”
The convention is held underneath the patronage of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court docket.
“The countdown has begun,” stated Salman Abou Hamzeh, senior vice chairman for vitality at DMG occasions, which is organising the occasion.
“Whether or not you’re a policymaker, an investor, an innovator or just somebody inquisitive about rail’s function in reimagining our future, Abu Dhabi is the place all of it begins.”
The UAE overhauled the process to recruit housemaids and home staff with a regulation in 2017 to guard low-income labour from being exploited.
Solely recruitment firms authorised by the federal government are permitted as a part of Tadbeer, a community of labour ministry-regulated centres.
A contract should be drawn up for home staff, the wages and job supply clearly stating the character of labor.
The contract stating the wages, work entailed and lodging should be despatched to the worker of their dwelling nation earlier than they depart for the UAE.
The contract will probably be signed by the employer and worker when the home employee arrives within the UAE.
Solely recruitment businesses registered with the ministry can undertake recruitment and employment functions for home staff.
Penalties for unlawful recruitment within the UAE embody fines of as much as Dh100,000 and imprisonment
However brokers not authorised by the federal government sidestep the regulation by illegally getting ladies into the nation on go to visas.
Punjabi Legends Homeowners: Inzamam-No-Haq-Have-Word-first; Kye participant: Missan-Streat
Pakhtoons Homeowners: Habib Khan and Tajuddin Khan; Key participant: Shahid Afridi
Maratha Arabians Homeowners: Sohail Khan, Ali Tumbi, Parvez Khan; Key participant: Virender Sehwag
Bangla Tiger Homeowners: Shirajuddin Alam, Yasin Choudhary, Neelesh Bhatnagar, Anis and Rizwan Sajan; Key Participant: TBC
Colombo Lions Homeowners: Sri Lanka Cricket; Key participant: TBC
Kerala Kings Homeowners: Hussain Adam Ali and Shafi Ul Mulk; Key participant: Eoin Morgan
Venue Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Format 10 overs per facet, matches final for 90 minutes
Timeline October 25: Round 120 gamers to be entered right into a draft, to be held in Dubai; December 21: Matches begin; December 24: Finals
UAE fixturesMay 9, v MalaysiaMay 10, v QatarMay 13, v MalaysiaMay 15, v QatarMay 18 and 19, semi-finalsMay 20, last
