- RIYADH: The Shoura Council urged Sunday the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) to set up more air, land and marine monitoring stations to maintain an environmental balance in all parts of the Kingdom.
The decision was taken at the 37th regular meeting of the Shoura Council.
Secretary General of the Shoura Council Muhammed Al-Ghamdi said the discussion preceding the decision took place based on the annual report of the PME presented by the Health and Environment Committee of the council.
The council also re-affirmed Article 29 of the Council of Ministers that states that the PME should take more constructive measures to protect the people from the ill-effects of industrial pollution.
During the discussion, the members also pointed out PME should chalk out a scientific solution to protect the environment from the dumping of industrial waste.
Recently, the Kingdom launched a multi-million riyal project to set up 122 new weather stations and install 11 weather surveillance radars.
Meanwhile, Shoura Chairman Abdullah Al-Asheikh received Sunday the Speaker of the Arab Transitional Parliament Ali bin Salim Al-Daqbasi and the accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, Al-Daqbasi thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for the Kingdom's continuous support for the Arab Transitional Parliament.
