Dubai Municipality was able to prevent smoking in rooms in 40% of the workers 'homes, according to the Executive Director of the Environment, Health and Safety Sector, Khalid Sharif Al-Awadhi, who confirmed that the inspectors carried out 970,706 visits to the workers' residences last year. He revealed a plan to improve the health status of the workers' housing in the emirate, 70% of which will be "excellent" and "very good" and 30% as "good" by next year.
Al-Awadhi told Emirates Al-Youm that the municipality seeks to provide workers with a decent livelihood by providing public and recreational services in their homes. He pointed out that as a result of the efforts of the municipal work teams to improve the health situation in the workers' housing, Rated "excellent" and "very good" 41% of the total housing.
The green environment initiative, which aims to encourage housing to form a civilized facade and a green environment, reflects the civilized face of Dubai, and gives an atmosphere of joy and psychological comfort to the worker after a hard day of work, And the installation of Interlock in the interior of the housing and in front of housing, and provide chairs relaxation in the residential areas, and provide parking and smoking shaded areas, with the prevention of smoking in the rooms, pointing to the response to more than 1345 housing initiative, 40% of the total number of housing.
Al-Awadhi pointed to the establishment of a comprehensive program of housing for workers, which included several operational initiatives, such as the rehabilitation and training of a health and safety officer within the housing of workers with appropriate scientific qualifications. The 850 homes of large companies were targeted for training by competent companies to be health and safety officers Workers, which will contribute to strengthening the commitment to health requirements at all times and continuously within the home, adding that they were started training in early January.
He also confirmed the development of a comprehensive health awareness program for workers 'housing supervisors, which included the implementation of 12 awareness lectures for workers' housing supervisors, visiting distinguished residences with supervisors and other housing officials, exchanging experiences with them and learning about housing improvements. Housing of their companies, in addition to the work of educational workshops within the homes and health education during routine visits.
Al Awadi has launched an initiative to provide public benefits and entertainment services to workers by encouraging homes to provide services such as public libraries, television rooms, Wi-Fi, various playgrounds, Gymnasiums, Provide well-equipped wash areas.
He also revealed that 48% of the total number of workers' homes in the Emirate of Dubai has become central gas. He added that "due to the risks of using multiple gas cylinders inside the houses and the possibility of fire, the municipality has urged companies to replace the ordinary cylinders and provide the most central gas service Which helps to conserve energy. "
Al-Awadi confirmed the implementation of a special follow-up and development program to follow up the housing of companies participating in the Expo 2020 project, which resulted in the commitment of 93% of such housing to the requirements of the municipality within its own housing.
He added that the municipality continued with the decision makers and corporate officials to reduce the health violations by launching an initiative aimed at encouraging them to provide management within the housing, which is a link between the municipality and senior management companies, indicating that 887 homes responded to the initiative and provided management within the housing.
He pointed out that the municipality facilitated the procedures for obtaining a collective kitchen permit, stressing that the time it takes to extract the permit does not exceed three working days, stressing that the number of permits granted to collective kitchens exceeded 400 permits, including 87 permits during the past year.
He added that the number of workers' homes is 3,357, distributed over a thousand and 534 plots, while the number of rooms is 247 thousand and 231 rooms.
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Visits by municipal inspectors to workers' residences in the emirate during the past year.