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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. The

Municipality 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 equipment to 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’s strategy to ensure 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,