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Main Roads and Highways

To keep major roads and highways clean during the first few days of Eid al-Fitr, Dubai Municipality

has gathered a workforce made up of 57 cleaners and 5 supervisory and monitoring employees.

The team will work in four shifts to cover a total of 2,300 kilometres of the main roads. To

effectively handle any emergency that may arise, the Municipality has also developed operational

plans to promptly respond to reports and allocate the necessary human and logistical resources

for the collection and transportation of waste along the way. The group will also take on the task

of cleaning accident sites on external roads and highways.

Dubai Municipality’s waste management teams have effectively carried out cleaning operations

across all 10 Eid prayer areas in the Emirate. Furthermore, they have placed supplementary

garbage cans near mosques, event venues, crowded areas, along with 30 extra waste storage

facilities that are widely spread to cover emergency cases and crowded areas.

Working hours

The waste disposal and treatment facilities owned by Dubai Municipality, such as the Al Qusais

landfill and Bayada dump site, will have set work hours on account of the cleaning operations for

Eid al-Fitr holiday. These facilities are scheduled to be open around the clock throughout the

holiday season. Additionally, the medical waste incinerator at the Jebel Ali Hazardous Waste

Treatment Facility will operate continuously with no disruptions during the Eid Al-Fitr holidays.

As part of the initiative, Dubai Municipality will also keep an eye on the operations of private

sector firms. All operations are set to be carried out by seven different companies, three of which

are in charge of managing cleaning duties and waste segregation in public and residential areas.

Two of them will focus on promoting recycling and meeting circular economy requirements, while