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Doha Municipality's Health Control Section has carried out an sudden inspection campaign on restaurants and cafés in Gewan Island as the location sees a large turnout of families and visitors.The campaign aimed to ensure that food establishments comply with health requirements and standard specifications. The inspection tours included monitoring workers’ personal hygiene practices, cleaning and sterilisation plans for equipment, tools, and surfaces, as well as waste management and proper disposal methods.In addition, establishment managers were educated on the importance of involving workers in specialised training programmes on food safety and hygiene rules, to which the Ministry of Municipality gives top priority and implements systematically through workshops delivered by experts.

Al Rayyan Municipality's Technical Control Section of the Municipal Control Department has intensified its inspection campaigns to detect building violations and workers’ accommodations in Muaither South, Zone (55).The campaign resulted in detecting 17 violations related to unlicensed construction, and one violation for a workers’ accommodation in a family residential area.Warning notices and violation reports were issued to the offenders, and the necessary legal procedures taken.The campaign also targeted violations related to building permits and approved plans, buildings under construction, and buildings requiring maintenance or demolition.Al Rayyan Municipality has urged property owners and tenants to comply with planning regulations and building permits, and refrain from making any modifications to buildings without the necessary approvals to preserve the city’s urban system and civilised appearance.It also affirmed that inspection campaigns will continue as part of a comprehensive plan to enhance the quality of life in the city.

Al Wakrah Municipality's Services Affairs Department (Gardens Section) carried out a field campaign during the April-August period to reduce the spread of mosquitoes, as part of the “My City is Civilised” initiative to maintain a healthy and safe environment. The campaign included removal of harmful weeds, pruning and planting mosquito-repelling trees, and treating potential mosquito breeding sites in six main areas covering 54 blocks. A total of 161 trees were pruned, 556 neglected trees were removed, and 47 sites were cleared of harmful weeds. In addition, the Health Control Section conducted 2,421 inspection tours during August 25-31, resulting in the closure of one food establishment, the issuance of two violations, and the disposal of 154 unfit food items. Further, 5,250kg of fish were inspected at Al Wakrah market, of which about 25kg was destroyed, and 12 samples sent to the central laboratory for checking.

The Cleaning and Beaches Section of Al Daayen Municipality's Services Affairs Department carried out 67 field campaigns during August to combat rodents, mosquitoes, and other flying insects, in addition to treating stagnant water accumulations in certain areas, as part of the plans to enhance public cleanliness and maintain a healthy environment.

As part of the intensive inspection campaigns carried out by Al Sheehaniya Municipality during the summer, the Health Control Section has conducted an evening inspection campaign targeting food establishments in the Muaither Umm Al Zubar area.The campaign aimed to ensure that such establishments comply with all approved health requirements and practices, and to guarantee the safety of the food products displayed or handled.The campaign resulted in the closure of one violating establishment and the issuance of four violation reports, in accordance with Law No 8 of 1990 on the regulation of human food control. In addition, around 50kg of food, deemed unfit for human consumption, were destroyed.Al Sheehaniya Municipality confirmed that these campaigns will continue across all areas under its jurisdiction to enhance food safety and public health, safeguard consumers, and urged all establishment owners and workers to fully comply with health requirements and rectify any violations.

The Ministry of Municipality is cracking down on partitioning of villas and seek to mitigate damages by carrying out checks, an official said. “The primary objective of the field inspections is to combat the phenomenon of partitioning, to limit it and to mitigate the damages,” Doha Municipality's Control Department assistant director Mohamed Sultan al-Shahwani told Qatar TV in a recent interview. “We seek to eliminate the phenomenon of partitioning villas, adhere to municipal requirements and eliminate the phenomenon of workers living among families,” he said. The official explained that before the inspection campaign departs, the selected area for the campaign is surveyed and the violating properties are identified. “The campaign then sets out to take action regarding the violations and issue reports,” he said. Ibrahim Abdullah al-Harmi, director of the Technical Affairs Department at Doha Municipality, during the interview, said that the campaign's primary objective is to preserve the urban fabric of the area, target areas in violation and protect residents from structural damage resulting from the phenomenon of villa subdivisions. Authorities have so far warned against illegally partitioning residential units citing that any such practice would draw certain fines and action. Partitioning the residential units without permission is illegal and causes danger to the occupants. As per the law, partitioning should be carried out legally while following the rules.

The Umm Slal Municipality's General Control Section of the Municipal Control Department, in cooperation with the Committee for the Removal of Abandoned Vehicles, the Mechanical Equipment Department, and the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), has carried out a campaign to remove abandoned vehicles and equipment within its administrative boundaries. The week-long campaign, in implementation of Law No 18 of 2017 regarding public hygiene, resulted in the removal of 44 abandoned vehicles.

In a week-long campaign carried out by the municipalities of Al Sheehaniya and Umm Slal, 117 abandoned vehicles have been removed from various areas within their jurisdiction.At Al Sheehaniya, the Public Control Section of the Municipal Control Department, the Committee for the Removal of Abandoned Vehicles and the Public Cleaning Department had identified 110 abandoned vehicles and removed 73 vehicles. Several violation reports were also issued during the campaign.During the campaign at Umm Slal Municipality, in cooperation with the Committee for the Removal of Abandoned Vehicles, the Mechanical Equipment Department, and the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) and in implementation of Law No 18 of 2017 regarding public hygiene, 44 abandoned vehicles removed.

Al Wakra Municipality’s Cleaning Section continued its field efforts to combat insects from mid-April to mid-August this year.The comprehensive plan included treating insect breeding sources and spraying various sites within its administrative boundaries.These involved spraying 7,803 public street waste containers, carrying out 51 spraying operations in public parks and beaches, spraying 348 sites, fogging 1,711 residential sites using ultra-low volume spraying technology, and treating 221 water accumulation sites.