Makkah municipality will implement a comprehensive plan for the holy month of Ramadan giving the city's hygienic services a face lift, said Mayor Osama Fadhl Al-Bar. Giving details of the Ramadan plan to Saudi Gazette here on Monday, Mayor Al-Bar said it contains a package of improvements aimed at making Makkah look cleaner and healthier this Ramadan for the expected influx of more than two million visitors. Six hundred garbage trucks along with mobile floor cleaning vehicles will work round-the-clock to keep the city clean. For the purpose, a labor force of 5,600 has been hired, he said. The mayoralty has provided 145 pressurized garbage containers to keep trash secured and to eliminate bad smells. Fifty of these containers will be placed around the Grand Mosque. Health inspection teams have also been formed to inspect various locations such as restaurants, open-air markets, slaughter houses, and healthy water outlets. The city's roads, sewage water networks and public toilets will be closely monitored by the mayoralty, Al-Bar said. Six parking lots have been earmarked for local pilgrims in the Kudai area. These lots have mosques, toilets and mobile cafeterias. Special buses will be operated to take those parking their vehicles in the area to the Grand Mosque.
