the last time i'd been there... it rained for not any longer than a week but usually the next day the puddles are siphoned and gone... puddles are part of the thrills of having the rain and locally driven 4x4 love rushing thru 'em (puddles)

for the last couple of years the practice haven't changed much, i guess...

however, along the stretch of the new highway bound to dukhan... they laid big perforated pipes to collect rain water and let it percolate/seep thru the ground after the downpour...

prolly, come 2022... after all the roads works are done... we will see less puddles.

too long still to speculate though ;)