Officials addressing the press conference
Doha: Ministry of Municipality, represented by Doha Municipality, organised an introductory meeting on the prohibition of abandoning vehicles on roads, sidewalks and public squares today, September 21, 2022.
A number of representatives of communities in Qatar came together for the meeting held to raise awareness on municipal laws regarding abandoning trucks and vehicles on roads, sidewalks and public squares. Such behaviour affects the aesthetic view of the state, causes environmental damage, and hinders the work of strategic projects.
In his opening speech at the introductory meeting, Mansour Ajran Al Buainain, Director of Doha Municipality, said that such meeting with representatives of communities comes within the framework of the Ministry's keenness, represented by Doha Municipality, to open new horizons for dialogue and joint work with all members of society in order to serve the public interest. It aspires to promote the quality of life, achieve safety standards, improve the urban landscape of cities and public places and reduce visual pollution.
Officials with community leaders at the event
Such campaigns comes as an effort to maintain the beauty and cleanliness of the city, and to introduce the provisions of Law No. 18 of 2017 on public hygiene, which contributes to improving public behaviors and enhancing the sense of responsibility among community groups, Doha Municipality Director added.
Al Buainain noted that with the aim of enhancing community participation, there will be a series of other forums included on various topics. He underlined that this meeting aims to activate the awareness role along with the supervisory role by strengthening the bonds of cooperation and integration and building bridges of constructive discussions.
For his part, Salem Al Shafi, Director of the Municipal Control Department in Doha Municipality, said that the philosophy and strategy of the ministry's work, based on the vision and directions of the Minister of Municipality, encourage the Municipality to embrace this event.
Such event aims at opening the horizons and ways of community dialogue and joint work among the municipal sector in the ministry and all concerned institutions and authorities to develop the work environment in the interest of all in order to achieve the desired goals.
Al Shafi expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Director of Doha Municipality, for his continuous support for all the participations and events adopted by the Municipality through its leading role in various fields.
The communities’ representatives in the State of Qatar attending the meeting praised the initiative of the Municipality of Doha to hold the meeting and expressed their interest in cooperating with the Municipality to upgrade and preserve the cities as per the public interest.
In the same context, Hamad Sultan Al-Shahwani, Head of the Public Control Department in Doha Municipality, gave a presentation on the necessary instructions on raising awareness about the laws of the municipality and the prohibition of parking trucks and vehicles among residential neighborhoods and in places other than those designated for it. This is in addition to introducing the sites designated for parking vehicles, trucks and equipment. He also called for the need to avoid the phenomenon of indiscriminate dumping of waste and the distortion of the roofs of buildings, facades and balconies in residential neighborhoods.
