Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority's free bread vending machine in Al Quoz is helping needy workers.
It is part of the ‘Sabil Bread,’ programme, one of the projects of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, RTA said in a press release.
Machines have been set up in 10 districts across the city and RTA is responsible for the one in Al Quoz.
The initiative aims to provide fresh bread to needy families and workers through these machines that can produce fresh bread with a single touch, it said in the release.
RTA has also been organising the 'Meals-On-Wheels' initiative by providing 1,000 free iftar meals every day to bus drivers, workers, delivery bike drivers, and truck drivers.
This initiative will provide 30,000 meals during Ramadan in addition to 17,500 iftar meals that will be distributed at its head office.
For the third initiative, ‘Ramadan Rations,’ prepaid nol cards are being distributed to low-income families, which can be used to shop at major retail stores.
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Tax authority targets shisha levy evasion
The Federal Tax Authority will track shisha imports with electronic markers to protect customers and ensure levies have been paid.
Khalid Ali Al Bustani, director of the tax authority, on Sunday said the move is to "prevent tax evasion and support the authority’s tax collection efforts".
The scheme’s first phase, which came into effect on 1st January, 2019, covers all types of imported and domestically produced and distributed cigarettes. As of May 1, importing any type of cigarettes without the digital marks will be prohibited.
He said the latest phase will see imported and locally produced shisha tobacco tracked by the final quarter of this year.
"The FTA also maintains ongoing communication with concerned companies, to help them adapt their systems to meet our requirements and coordinate between all parties involved," he said.
As with cigarettes, shisha was hit with a 100 per cent tax in October 2017, though manufacturers and cafes absorbed some of the costs to prevent prices doubling.
