JEDDAH: Saudi municipalities have ramped up efforts to monitor compliance with health and safety measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The municipality of Jeddah recently carried out 3,328 inspection tours of commercial centers and facilities in one day, identifying nine violations. Authorities closed the commercial outlets found to have breached protocols.
Meanwhile, the municipality of the Eastern Province uncovered 77 rule violations during 1,364 similar checks, also conducted in one day, resulting in field teams shutting down two shops.
The violations included noncompliance with social distancing and mask-wearing directives, leniency in measuring the temperature of customers, overcrowding issues, and a failure to effectively use the Tawakkalna contact tracing app.
Saudi authorities ramp up COVID-19 health inspections
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Saudi authorities ramp up COVID-19 health inspections
Saudi mine-clearance project in Yemen destroys 4,235 explosive devices in a day
- Project Masam aims to rid Yemen of all mines to help ensure the highest standards of safety and security for the Yemeni people
LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s Project Masam cleared 4,235 mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive devices in a single day from Bab Al-Mandab region in southwestern Yemen, as part of its mission to protect civilians.
Osama Al-Gosaibi, the project’s director general, said it aims to rid Yemen of all mines to help ensure the highest standards of safety and security for the Yemeni people.
On Wednesday, the project’s teams destroyed 33 anti-tank mines, 31 anti-personnel mines, 86 miscellaneous shells, 2,750 assorted rounds, 1,291 breakers and valves used in devices, 12 grenades, two Katyusha rockets, a missile, 15 shell arrows, and 14 other explosive devices.
Masam’s teams are tasked with clearing villages, roads and areas around schools to facilitate the safe movement of civilians and delivery of humanitarian aid.
The project trains local people to become demining engineers, provides them with modern equipment to do the job, and also offers support to Yemenis injured by explosive devices.
