• People are demanding that the authorities earmark additional areas for car parking near Souq Waqif as many visitors to the souqs are spending a long time looking for parking space.
• There is a suggestion to replace all advertisement boards with electronic bulletin boards to display the message clearly. Many of the advertisement boards cannot weather changes in the climate.
• Some real estate experts have demanded that the government intervene to stop the increase in prices of land and construction materials, and also grant land to citizens to control increasing rents.
• A number of visitors to the Umm Salal health centre are demanding that the authorities speed up opening of a new health centre because people are suffering every day as the old building lacks enough space to accommodate the increasing number of patients.
• Some people with special needs have complained of lack of parking spaces at some bank branches that have opened recently in different areas. All institutions providing services to the public should take this section of society into account and reserve parking spaces for them.
• Some of the eateries need to be monitored by the consumer protection department as many of the workers are not using gloves and following other health rules.
• Many people are complaining about pollution at the Abu Nakhla swamp, where sewage water is pumped out. Migratory birds camp there, and many bird hunters shoot the birds and leave the carcasses in the swamp, which is increasing pollution in the area.
