The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Beaches and Islands Department of the General Cleanliness Department, completed the first phase of the campaign to clean the northern and northwestern beaches, starting from Aba Zulouf Park to Al Reem Reserve, Qatar-Tribune reports.
The campaign resulted in the collection and removal of large quantities of waste on the beaches, estimated at approximately 125 tonnes of various wastes of wood, plastics, cans and bags, as well as the removal of 45 car tyres, seven iron drums, two fibre water tanks, one dead large sea cow and two turtle.
Work is still going on in the second phase of the cleaning of Al Reem Reserve to Doha.
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