Sharjah24: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has pledged AED 100 million to kick off the first phase of a project aimed at reducing fires in residential and commercial towers, which includes 40 towers in Sharjah city.

Engineer Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Director of Technical Services at the Sharjah Municipality, explained during his interview on the "Direct Line" programme broadcast on Sharjah Radio and TV and presented by Mohamed Hassan Khalaf, Director General of the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority, that the combustible aluminum facades of these towers will be replaced with non-combustible ones.