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Surveillance cameras will be installed on the streets to monitor violations of public hygiene law.
The Ministry of Municipality and Environment represented by the General Cleanliness Department has revealed a plan to catch violations of public hygiene law by using surveillance cameras of National Command Center (NCC) of the Ministry of Interior
Safar Mubarak Al-Shafi, Director of the Department of Hygiene and Mechanical Equipment at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment. Photo by Baher Amin
The plan was announced by Director of General Cleanliness Department Safar Mubarak Al Shafi while launching the media campaign of the second phase to create awareness of public hygiene law under a theme of ‘Keep It Clean’ in a press conference held yesterday at the headquarters of the Department.
“First time during the coming period, in coordination and cooperation with authorities concerned at the Ministry of Interior, the violations of public hygiene law will be monitored by surveillance cameras of National Command Center (NCC) of the Ministry of Interior,” said Director of General Cleanliness Department Safar Mubarak Al Shafi.
The General Directorate of Traffic Patrols will also participate in monitoring violations The campaign will coordinate with concerned authorities in the Ministry of Interior to report violations through Metrash.
He said that a number of Ministry employees will be available at the control rooms of NCC to monitor and catch the violations in coordination with the Traffic Department.
“Traffic police already started monitoring and catching the violations of public hygiene law,” Al Shafi added.
In the first phase between February and December last year, 4,158 violations were reported by all municipalities and more than QR 5 million collected as fine.
