Kuwait Municipality Targets Abandoned Vehicles and Illegal Containers
In Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate, the municipality conducted extensive tours of residential areas to enhance cleanliness, remove obstacles from roads, prevent waste disposal outside designated containers, and clean beaches as well as main and internal streets.
These efforts led to the removal of 26 abandoned vehicles and scrap trucks violating the law, issuance of 42 violations related to public cleaning and road occupation, and 38 removal notices for abandoned vehicles and unauthorized commercial containers. Additionally, six old waste containers were replaced with new ones.
The supervisory team emphasized that field visits will continue without leniency, and all legal measures will be strictly applied against violators of the Public Cleanliness and Road Occupation Regulations.
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