The Municipality of Sharjah City warned against dealing with unlicensed pesticides companies whose owners leave their advertisements at the doors of houses announcing the provision of these services and the use of unlicensed pesticides that lead to poisoning or death sometimes dangerous. To inquire about licensed companies or by visiting its website, not to deal with companies that are not approved by the municipality or to purchase pesticides from shops as dangerous to the health and safety of individuals.
The Director General of the Municipality of Sharjah Municipality, Thabet Salem Al-Tarifi said that maintaining the health and safety of residents of the Emirate is a priority of its work, as well as ensuring the safety of family members and not endanger their lives and the preservation of public health through tightening control of companies that practice pesticide spraying in In order to reduce the risk of indiscriminate use. It also obligates all companies involved in this field to extract the certificate of practicing the profession issued by the municipality and to obtain a commercial license from the Department of Economic Development in order to avoid being exposed to violation or legal accountability.
He pointed out that in the case of monitoring companies that carry out this activity without a license, the necessary measures are taken against it because it poses a danger to society and the safety of individuals. He pointed out that the public's awareness and commitment to the instructions and advice issued by the municipality and the ongoing campaigns to raise awareness of the risk of dealing with unauthorized companies, Positive regression results such irregularities or even non-occurrence.
For his part, assistant director general of the agriculture and environment sector, Hassan Al-Tifaq, said that the municipality obliges companies to obtain the necessary license from the Department of Economic Development and Municipality. If the company carries out the activity based on the license of the department without the license of the municipality, These procedures also apply to all those who do not obtain a commercial license in addition to not issuing a license to practice the activity.
He explained that the Municipality is constantly keen to communicate with the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment to see the types of pesticides, which are updated periodically and continuously by the concerned in the ministry, to ensure that the use of prohibited ones, which may adversely affect the health of the individual, And the adoption of the municipality according to what is approved by the ministry, pointing out that the mechanism used to spray houses and various departments are in accordance with specific plans, where the spraying of houses on the requests and communications submitted through the hotline of the municipality, and comes within the outer perimeter of the house, The service is provided by the Central Department of Finance of the Government of Sharjah. The service is provided on a pre-scheduled basis and periodically, but this does not preclude the service of the service. If these departments filed a complaint to the municipality.
In the same context, the Director of the Department of Environmental Services and Wassal Jassim stressed that the Municipality is constantly working to disseminate awareness messages to the whole population by placing warning signs in three languages: Arabic, English and Urdu at all entrances to buildings in different areas of the Emirate. This awareness initiative stems from the Municipality's keenness to preserve public health and protect individuals from the danger of such pesticides, which may cause loss of life if used by unauthorized persons or by the head of the household. Allow non-specialists to enter and carry out control operations randomly.