(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
Doha: The Joint Committee for Removing Abandoned Vehicles at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) yesterday launched a campaign to remove abandoned vehicles in Al Shamal Municipality.
The week-long campaign started from Al Ruwais area. It will gradually move to all areas until the removal of all abandoned vehicles from the Municipality, said Director of Services Affairs Department at Al Shamal Municipality, Hasan Khalifa Al Faihani.
He said inspectors marked all abandoned vehicles across the Municipality and the campaign has been launched to remove those vehicles in coordination with the Joint Committee. Al Faihani said the campaign was launched following the Law No. 18 of 2017 of Public Hygiene to preserve public health and ensure environmental protection.
A large number of people were educated about the impact of abandoned vehicles under the campaign. Many owners removed their abandoned vehicles responding to the drive. The inspectors of joint committee put warning stickers on abandoned vehicles, giving a grace period of three days to owners of the vehicles to remove them. However, if a vehicle hinders traffic flow it is removed immediately without any warning.
The abandoned vehicles will be taken to impounding ground where they will be kept for three months for owners to claim them. After that, the road permits will be cancelled.
The abandoned vehicles put a hindrance in the way of implementing key development projects of the area apart from other factors related to health, hygiene and beauty of the place.
The Joint Committee for Removing Abandoned Vehicles had started its work plan after it was restructured according to Ministerial Resolution No.178 for the year 2020.
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