The Public Transport Agency at Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority reduced its water consumption by 8 per cent last year, according to a report published to mark World Water Day.
A number of initiatives helped to lower consumption, said Dr Yousef Mohammed Al Ali, chief executive of the agency.
“Most bus depots have stations for recycling and treating water used in washing buses, and the recycling ratio of these waters has reached 80 per cent and is expected to hit 90 per cent by the end of 2015, following the launch of the Recycling of Public Bus Washing Water Station at Al Qusais Depot,” he said.
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Marie Byrne, a counsellor who volunteers at the UAE government's mental health crisis helpline, said the ordeal the crew had been through would take time to overcome.
“It was worse than a prison sentence, where at least someone can deal with a set amount of time incarcerated," she said.
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“Because of coronavirus, the world is very different now to the one they left, that will also have an impact.
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