KUWAIT CITY, Oct 15: During its meeting yesterday, Kuwait Municipality’s committee for studying and updating the sites where camping is permitted finally approved 19 sites for setting up camps, and canceled one of the previous sites near Al- Oyoun area this year. The camping season starts from November 15 this year to March 15 next year, and will be allowed in two areas - area 10 in the north and area 9 in the south. On a related level, Kuwait Municipality’s Public Relations Department revealed the installation of 167 “Mobi” billboards for its special media campaign. It was launched under the title “Your Hands… In Our Hands” and the hashtag “#The_Plan_ Clean” to educate wilderness pioneers about maintaining the cleanliness of the sites that are allowed for setting up spring camps for this year’s camping season.

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The department explained that the billboards were installed in all governorates on streets, roads and intersections, including 42 in the Capital Governorate, 25 in Ahmadi, 22 in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, 16 in Jahra, 23 in Farwaniya, and 39 that are being installed in Hawally Governorate. It is worth noting that the Public Relations Department launched this campaign, and are using these billboards to educate citizens and residents about maintaining the cleanliness of the wild environment, in addition to not doing things that would damage and destroy the natural environment and harm wildlife and its aesthetic value.

By Inass Awad
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff