Okaz/Saudi Gazette
DIBA — Poisonous reptiles, such as snakes and scorpions, are attacking the residents of Al-Samda neighborhood in Diba as a result of the garbage that is being dumped in an area behind the mobile shops, after their owners built random stalls and stores in the backstreets without the municipality’s supervision or consent.
Al-Samad residents demand that the competent authorities intervene quickly, remove the violations and clean up the area that has become the site of the sanitary landfill taking waste from nearby places, especially the only restaurant in the vicinity.
Abdullah Ahmed warned of the dangers that await residents of Al-Samada neighborhood including reptiles that invade their homes.
He wondered about the role of municipality of Diba in controlling these violations and removing the random shacks built by mobile phone sellers.
Ahmed said: “We did not find any response from the department of hygiene in the municipality of Diba despite repeated complaints. The place has been turned into a garbage dump,” pointing out that the residents are surprised to see snakes and scorpions daily threatening the lives of the people.
He added: “The Municipality of Diba did not take action to address the problem, although many of its officials live in the Al-Samada neighborhood and realize the magnitude of the problem.” He stressed the importance of tackling the situation and ending the danger by removing the stalls and violations.
Fahad Al-Hawaiti said that residents have seen rodents, worms, and reptiles in broad daylight, not to mention the vandalizing actions of some by setting fire to the grass, which ignites further fires everywhere.
He said that the Civil Defense failed to extinguish those fires, which remained burning for three days causing pollution in the neighborhood.
Okaz/Saudi Gazette tried to communicate with the mayor of Diba and head of the Municipal Council in Diba. But they did not respond to numerous calls.
