Dubai clamps down on eco offences

The Environmental Emergency Office (EEO) at Dubai Municipality is the task force behind cleaning up the city’s Creek, its waters and its streets, and has been working round the clock with its inspectors focusing on maintaining a safe and healthy environment.

“As many as 189 fines related to harming the environment were issued in the first four months of 2014 — a 67 per cent for the same time frame last year. We also issued 113 warnings during the same period,” Khalid Sulaiteen, head of the EEO, told Gulf News yesterday.

“After the announcement of the Expo2020 bid, we increased our inspectors around the city to cope with the increasing number of companies operating in Dubai, and who in turn, also brought in more workers to carry out the construction works,” said Sulaiteen.