Seventy-nine environmental violations were recorded last month by the Environmental Protection, Nature Reserves and Wildlife Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment. The Department also issued 63 warning notices to violators.
Among the major environmental violations was entering protected green areas, camel grazing in prohibited areas, violations of hunting law, especially the use of bird-whistles for attracting birds to catch them.
Other violations included throwing waste in non-designated places and cutting trees. The environmental patrols and other authorities concerned made their efforts to curb violations in order to protect environment.
The department last month distributed 1,500 wild seedlings to winter campers and animal farms under the “plant it” campaign which aims at increasing vegetation by supporting campers and animal farms. In January of this year, 800 seedlings were distributed.
737 abandoned vehicles removed
Meanwhile, Al Rayyan Municipality last year removed 737 abandoned vehicles and porta cabins.
The municipality also registered 108 violations, issued 490 warnings and seven cases were referred to security agencies.
About 24 boxes of imported fish unfit for human consumption were destroyed at central market by the Health Monitoring Section at the Doha Municipality.
