2024-10-22T14:45:10+00:00
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Shafaq News/On Tuesday, Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced the closure of 69 projects that violated environmental regulations and lacked proper permits from the Ministry of Environment.
“The Environmental Police Directorate of the General Directorate of Civil Defense continues to monitor industrial and commercial activities that violate environmental regulations and do not have permission from the Ministry of Environment,” Brigadier General Miqdad Miri, a ministry spokesperson, said in a statement. . Environmental Protection and Improvement Act No. 27 of 2009. ”
“Civil Defense Law No. 44 of 2013 has been activated, requiring the closure of activities that violate civil defense instructions,” he added.
Miri revealed that 69 violating projects have been shut down since the start of the campaign on October 15, 2024. Miri pointed out that in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, on-site inspections were carried out on 97 projects, including brick factories and complex industrial factories.
“The Directorate has also intensified its campaign at sanitary landfills to combat waste incineration. This measure comes within the framework of efforts to reduce environmental pollution of air, water and soil.” he continued.
In a statement, the General Directorate of Environmental Police urged owners of non-compliant factories to “comply with environmental regulations, including, inter alia, banning the use of black oil in brick factories and requiring the installation of smoke filters to control pollution. He urged them to do so. This campaign, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, continues efforts to reduce environmental pollution.
The capital Baghdad and some other provinces have recently seen a significant rise in air pollution rates, raising concerns among citizens, with experts warning of the dangers of environmental pollution to human health, especially the respiratory system. Warning about sex.
Last week, Interior Minister Abdul Amir Al Shammari ordered the closure of unlicensed brick factories and imposed a ban on waste incineration.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani also announced comprehensive measures to address pollution and improve environmental conditions in Baghdad, which has recently been affected by widespread sulfur odor.
