KUWAIT CITY, Nov 5: The Acting Director General of Kuwait Municipality Saud Al-Dabbous issued a binding administrative circular to all sectors and branches of the municipality in all governorates regarding the need to take necessary measures and preparations to confront the rainy season. The circular stressed the importance of alerting and following up with the cleaning companies contracted by the municipality to ensure that all areas surrounding the manholes are cleaned, and the surrounding waste materials, plastic bags, building materials, and rubble are removed. They must also ensure that garbage containers are emptied periodically, especially before the start of the rainy season, so that waste materials are not carried by the rainwater to close the drainages.

The garbage containers must not be placed above the service areas of the Ministry of Public Works and others. The work must be followed up by the supervisory bodies in the municipality and its branches in the governorates represented by the public hygiene and road works departments, and the safety departments, to ensure the removal of any rubble or waste above manholes and rainwater drains, or internal drainage systems, and to take legal measures in this regard against anyone who violates this.

Al-Dabbous stressed the necessity of ensuring the cleaning equipment are in a state of complete readiness and placed in areas close to residential areas, activating the emergency plan, and ensuring the permanent presence of the regulatory apparatus and officials at all functional levels during times of heavy rain for the activation of the emergency plan.

By Enas Awad
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff