The officials of Al Sheehaniya Municipality during an inspection in Al Sheehaniya as part of the campaign to crack down on illegal vendors.
Doha: Al Sheehaniya Municipality in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday launched a joint inspection campaign against illegal vendors and those violating the provisions of public hygiene law in Al Sheehaniya.
A total of 45 violations were recorded against illegal vendors under the campaign. The violations of street vendors in these areas varied by violations of the law of public cleanliness and encroachment on state property. In addition to the violation of the trading of foodstuffs in unhealthy conditions in accordance with Law No. 8 of 1990 on the regulation of food handling.
The campaign was launched in cooperation with the inspectors of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the security agencies of the Ministry of Interior and the Internal Security Force ‘Lekhwiya’.
Jaber Hassan Al Jaber, Director of Al Sheehaniya Municipality; Abdulaziz Al Sayed, Director of Municipal Monitoring Department; Mubarak Ali Al Hajri, Head of Health Control Section; and Abdullah Sultan Al Nuaimi, Head of General Control Section at the Municipality, were present during the inspection campaign.
This joint campaign aims to eliminate the phenomenon of illegal street vendors causing violations of health rules and hygiene and damage to the environment.
This comes within the framework of the continuous efforts of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment to reduce this phenomenon, in accordance with Law No. (18) of 2017 on public hygiene, other than the health and environmental damage it causes on the ground.
Jaber Hassan Al Jaber said that the campaign aimed at developing a mechanism of action and a joint plan to control violations of street vendors and public cleanliness and encroachment on state property.
He pointed out that these campaigns will be carried out regulatory until the elimination of this phenomenon, which has negative effects on the environment and health.
The violation of street vendors falls within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in accordance with Law No. (5) of 2015 on the regulating similar industrial and public commercial shops and street vendors. While the Ministry of Municipality and Environment is responsible for public cleanliness violations in accordance with Law No. (18) of 2017 on public cleanliness, and violations of infringement on state property in accordance with Law No. (10) of 1987.
