Nader Al-Enezi Okaz/Saudi Gazette TABUK – Local residents in Tabuk have complained about the spread of scrapyards in some residential districts, claiming there is not any supervision over the illegal foreigners who run them. They said these yards are not regulated and have become places for receiving stolen items, especially electric cables, scrap iron, including sewer covers, building appliances and machinery made from iron, plastic and aluminum. They urged the region's mayoralty to intervene, relocate these scrapyards from residential districts and impose tight regulations on them. Ali Al-Attawi, a resident of the Abu Sabah district, said scrapyards that have sprung up in residential districts in Tabuk have increased pollution because they dump the items they do not need on the side streets. These scrapyards also receive large quantities of stolen items due to the lack of strict supervision over them, he added. Muhammad Al-Attawi, a resident of the Al-Nahda district, complained Asian expatriates working in the warehouses sometimes hunt for any iron pieces in garbage dumpsters late at night, disturbing local residents. Riyadh Ghabban, spokesman for Tabuk municipality and its director of environmental health, said: “Licenses for scrapyards and shops will not be renewed. They will be shifted to another location soon.”
