Shaded-trolleys to roll out this week: Director

To protect the workers from direct sun, the General Cleanness Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment has provided new shaded cleaning trolleys. The first-it-kind trolleys will protect workers from heat stroke.
The new trolleys will enter services this week and will be used in commercial streets at all areas. They are marked by their good quality and light weight which will help workers to do their works faster as well.
Speaking to The Peninsula, Safar Mubarak Al Shafi, Director of the General Cleanness Department, said that the ministry was keen to develop and improve its services especially the ones related to workers.
The Ministry gives special priority to workers and offers all requirements which meet modern work environment. Workers will use it within this week, and will be used in the commercial streets at all areas,” he said.
“The number of trolleys is enough to cover all commercial streets and even some specific residential area and from today the trolleys will distributed and by next week it will be at all commercial streets”, he added.
He further said: “I can’t mention the exact number of trolleys we have but I know that only in Doha there are 27 commercial streets, and the number will be enough for all streets not only Doha. The trolley is light and equipped with all necessary things workers need."
Al Gharafa, Central Municipal Council member, Mubarak Farish said: “We are appreciating this initiative because it is a human initiative, and our leaders are giving priority to workers.”“Workers need these trolleys and this is summer, and we hope some awareness campaigns will be conducted by authorities concerned to tell people to help workers by throwing wastes in designated places, because it will help workers,” he said.
He suggested that the authorities could make work hours in the evening so that workers could avoid summer sun, or to make the work shifts three hours.
CMC Vice-Chairman Hamad Lahdan Al Mohannadi welcomed the initiative and tweeted: "It is good initiative from General Cleanness Department to reduce the temperature for cleaners." Sheikha Al Jufairi, CMC member, said: “I thank the Ministry for this initiative because it came on time and I consider it a qualitative leap and hope the number of trolleys will be enough”.

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