Southern Governor chairs security meeting

Manama : Southern Governor, Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, chaired a security meeting, in the presence of officers representing relevant security departments, yesterday.

The governor welcomed the members of the security committee, highlighting the directives issued by the Interior Minister, Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, while chairing a meeting with governors, on the need to follow up on security matters, as well as to cooperate with the competent authorities in this regard.

He lauded the constant support enjoyed by the Southern Governorate from the Interior Minister in undertaking its security tasks, affirming the governorate’s readiness to translate the minister’s directives into the ground.

Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali discussed with the committee members issues related to traffic safety and ways to enhance them through intensifying traffic patrols and campaigns in Riffa and Zallaq to address the wrong practices by some drivers there.

The meeting also discussed tightening traffic control on motorcycles allocated to the land areas to ensure that they are not used in the roads across the Southern Governorate.

Representative of the General Directorate of Traffic expressed readiness to address the issues discussed during the meeting to ensure the safety of road users.

The governor also discussed the security preparations for the holy month of Ramadan, including ensuring the security of mosques and places of worship, and reducing the negative practices, such as the phenomenon of begging in the vicinity of mosques and some vital areas.

Brigadier Hamad Ali Al-Mari expressed the Southern Governorate Police’s readiness to put in place the necessary plans to ensure the safety and comfort of worshippers. 

The governor was then briefed about the security work carried out by the General Directorate of Civil Defence, including preventive and precautionary plans to ensure the safety requirements in the petrol stations across the Southern Governorate.

Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali commended the efforts exerted by the members of the security committee to strengthen the pillars of security in the Southern Governorate.