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It lasted for four months, and included 12 districts in the North.

It lasted for four months, and included 12 districts in the North.

Al-Ghatam: The North removes 700 shipments of waste within a comprehensive cleaning campaign. The Director General of the Municipality of the Northern Region, Eng. Youssef bin Ibrahim Al-Ghatam, revealed that more than 98 thousand tons of household waste was removed in 2015, indicating that agricultural waste ranks second in terms of the volume of waste removed. Last year, it amounted to more than 62 thousand tons, while construction debris comes in third place, amounting to more than 25 thousand tons, which were removed last year from the northern region. In a statement, Al-Ghatam indicated that the northern region municipality removed more than 3,000 tons of large-sized household waste last year, while it removed nearly 420 tons of commercial waste. Al-Ghatam talked about the national campaign launched by the Northern Region Municipality in September of last year, and which continued until January of this year, where the municipality removed 700 large shipments of construction debris and waste in 12 districts included in a cleanliness campaign in the North, in cooperation with members of the Municipal Council. Al-Asfour: Cleaning campaigns did not stop throughout the year, for her part, the Director of Technical Services in the Northern Municipality, Eng. Saba Al-Asfour, explained that the national campaign for cleaning in the northern region is still ongoing, and aims to reduce the spread of waste and rubble in villages in particular with regard to construction and agricultural waste. Al-Asfoor stressed, "the role of society in preserving the environment, keeping their areas clean and removing all waste that hinders movement in the streets in particular," calling on everyone to exercise its monitoring and awareness role to address such a phenomenon that everyone complains about. She explained, "The campaign continued for 4 intermittent months, with two campaigns per week, noting that such campaigns will contribute to preserving the beautiful character of the villages." The supervisory role required of them in preserving the environment, and she continued, “The municipality of the northern region is coordinating and cooperating with the Municipal Council to launch many campaigns, and take advantage of national and religious occasions to launch awareness campaigns such as the Beautiful Village campaign, the Ashura we rise campaign, the campaign to promote the homeland and the homeland, and other campaigns for Involving all segments of society and its institutions in assuming their responsibilities towards the environment, and she pointed out that the municipality of the northern region has not stopped launching campaigns for cleaning and removing rubble for several years, such as the national campaign to remove building rubble in cooperation and coordination with private institutions, which was launched last year in the Al-Lawzi area and a large number were removed From the rubble shipments.” In addition, the head of the hygiene department in the northern region’s municipality, Hussein Abdel-Khaleq, said that the campaign had achieved great success, but he added, “But we We need support from everyone, especially the media side, to spread awareness in the social community.” He added, “The campaigns we carry out in the northern region have never stopped, but there are many obstacles that stand in our way, including the lack of commitment by some to regulations and laws, and some deliberately committing violations. This results in environmental disasters, for which everyone pays the price.” Buhamoud praises the citizens for their cooperation with the campaigns. For his part, the head of the municipal council of the northern region, Muhammad Khalifa Buhamoud, explained that the municipality of the northern region led an initiative to keep the northern region clean, adding that the campaign will continue its work for the eradication on wrong behaviours.

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