Bahrain’s mobile monitoring system catches 422 municipal violations

TDT | Manama

More than 420 violations related to municipal affairs have been detected in the Kingdom using the ‘Mobile Monitoring System’ launched earlier this year. The violations, according to a top Municipal affairs official, were recorded in less than three months.

The system which keeps a comprehensive database of the offences was inaugurated by Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Development and Infrastructure Projects on 19 January 2020.

Until end April, the number of violations detected through the system reached 422, said Sheikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Ministry’s Undersecretary for Municipal Affairs at the Ministry of Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning.

“Since its inception, all the municipalities and the secretariates have been instructed to work in this system,” said Sheikh Mohammed adding that all of them are now employing this system in violation monitoring.

The mobile VCS system designed and programmed by the Systems Department in the Information Ministry’s provides an integrated database on violations through its portal.

Violations detected include road works done without a license, occupancy of streets, squares, illegal placement of vehicles with for rent or sale tags on streets, squares, public squares and lands space, dumping or leaving waste in undesignated places, buildings etc. “Several violations related to public cleanliness have also been detected.”

The system, the Undersecretary said, improve violation monitoring as it allows quick access to the database to determine the nature of the violations. “The new system provides a qualitative shift in dealing with violations, as an inspector involved can retrieve all the required information easily at any time,” he added.