Doha: The Committee for Building Maintenance and Demolition at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment issued 115 decisions for demolition and 25 for maintenance during second quarter (Q2) of this year.
A total of 140 decisions were issued at the rate of 54 decisions in April, 40 in May and 46 in June 2020, said the Ministry in a press release. The committee also received 277 requests — 197 for demolition and 80 for maintenance from the municipalities during the period of study.
So for since it was set up, the committee received a total of 1,178 requests for demolition and 347 for maintenance from municipalities. The necessary actions were taken by issuing appropriate decisions following the law No. 29 of 2006 for monitoring the buildings. The committee issued 1,110 decisions till now. The committee is assigned to conduct study about the conditions of ramshackle buildings or those require maintenance.
The job of the committee is to inspect the buildings if it is needed to do so and to take necessary decisions in this regards — asking for conducting maintenance or demolition partly or completely.
The decisions are to be taken as per the safety requirements according to the specification of the Ministry under the rules and regulations of the Law No. 29 of 2006. The committee also takes appropriate decisions about the targeted building giving a complete condition of it including risks posed by the building to the residents, neighbours, passerby and adjacent facilities.
A per the law, the initiatives in this regards will be taken by the owners of the buildings and the municipality concerned.
The committee is responsible to send the decisions to the municipality concerned within three days from the date of the issuance of the decision in a bid to take the necessary action.
As per the law, the committee is led by the director of Doha Municipality and members of the committee will be director of Al Rayan Municipality, Director of Legal Affairs Department, Director of Urban Planning Department, Director of Technical Affairs Department at Doha Municipality, a representative from General Department of Civil Defence at the Ministry of Interior.
The committee holds two meetings in a month to finalise the requests submitted by the municipalities concerned.
