Municipality removes 330 tons of farm waste in Wafra
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality removed about 330 tons of agricultural waste using cleaning equipment and mechanisms in Ahmadi governorate during a wide cleaning campaign in Wafra Agriculture area. The Municipality also took action against the violators. Acting director of the Ahmadi Municipality branch and the director of the Public Hygiene and Road Works Department at the municipality branch, Nawaf Al-Mutairi, said after the campaign on Wednesday that 10 neglected cars and eight trucks were also lifted and nine road occupancy citations were also issued during the campaign.
Al-Mutairi added that the aim of the intensive field inspection campaigns is to monitor negative manifestations and take all legal measures against violators.
“The supervisory team of the Ahmadi Municipality pays great attention to raising the level of cleanliness in the areas under its responsibility, as well as removing everything that distorts the aesthetic view and works to occupy the road in all areas through field tours to preserve the civilized appearance of the governorate,” he pointed.
He indicated that field campaigns will continue and the distribution of awareness posters by the supervisory team of the department of Public Hygiene and Road Works throughout the month of January, stressing “there is no complacency in taking all legal measures against violators of the public hygiene and road occupancy regulations.”
He explained that the campaign launched by the public relations department in the Municipality aims to spread community awareness by distributing posters in foreign languages targeting Indian, Filipino and English-speaking communities to educate them about the dates of removing garbage and sealing waste bags and placing them inside containers.
“Today’s campaign included all areas of the Ahmadi Municipality, including monitoring and supervising follow-up on public cleanliness, the implementation of cleaning contractors and public cleaning companies, monitoring street vendors, and working to implement laws and regulations and decisions issued on public hygiene and road works within the governorate,” he stated.