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Cleanliness of Main Roads and Highways

The municipality has also designated an exclusive team of 155 sanitation engineers and 10
supervisory and monitoring personnel to ensure the cleanliness of a total distance of 2,300
kilometers of main roads in four separate shifts. The operational strategies of the municipality have
been created to tackle all emergencies, ensuring the hygiene of main roads and highways while

effectively resolving complaints. TheMunicipality has assigned necessary resources for waste
collection and transportation including prompt cleaning of accident sites along external roads and
highways.

Automated Fleet

Additionally, the municipality has deployed a lineup of 759 automated vehicles along with necessary
equipmentto complete different routine field operations that support programs as well as emergency

services 24 hours a day and upon request. The fleet includes 318 heavy vehicles, 158 lightweight
vehicles, 176 rental vehicles, and 77 heavy equipment units, which are connected to boats for
cleaning and 30 lightweight equipment units. During the Eid Al-Adha holidays, the fleet will run 456
daily programs on an average, which include duties such as cleaning, addressing complaints,

reporting incidents and regular field inspections.

Operating Hours

The Municipality’sstrategy toensure general cleanliness operations throughout Dubai’s Eid Al-Adha
holiday includes scheduling and controlling landfills, waste disposal locations, and treatment
facilities. During the holidays, Al Qusais landfill and Bayada landfill will be operational around the
clock and the medical waste incinerator at Jebel Ali Hazardous Waste Treatment Plant will also

operate without interruption, in addition to the control room at Warsanwaste-to-energy
conversionfacility, which will be operational 24/7 during the holidays.

Dubai Municipality has streamlined access to various services,including the submissionof requests
for the convenience of the public and customers through its website. The services include applying
for permits to dispose of hazardous waste, commercial waste and unnecessary materials.

Furthermore, individuals can request for wide range of services including contracting with waste
collection and transportation companies, securing a no-objection certificate for infrastructure and
construction projects and adding or changing the location of waste containers.On the first day of Eid

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