Doha: The Joint Committee for Removing Abandoned Vehicles removed around 6,000 abandoned vehicles this year.
“Over 10,000 abandoned vehicles have been marked and about 6,000 of them have been removed since January 2021 till now from different municipalities,” said Head of General Monitoring Section at Doha Municipality Hamad Sultan Al Shahwani.
Al Shahwani, a member of the Joint Committee for Removing Abandoned Vehicles, was speaking at a fresh campaign to remove abandoned vehicles launched at Al Wakra Municipality yesterday.
“The campaign, launched by the committee, will continue for two weeks until the removal of all abandoned vehicles which were marked to remove across Al Wakra Municipality,” said Al Shahwani.
He said that this is 8th campaign implanted by the Committee under its action plan for removing abandoned vehicles for 2021.
“The campaign for this year began from Al Shamal. Then it move to Al Khor and Al Zakhira, Al Daayen, Umm Salal and Al Sheehaniya. Now, the campaing began in Al Wakra which will continue till the removal of all marked abandoned vehicles across Al Wakra Municipality,” said Al Shahwani.
He said that after Al Wakra Municipality, the campaign will move to Industrial Area where large number of abandoned vehicles was marked.