Five new companies to clean Makkah

The Makkah Municipality will soon have five companies to help keep the city clean. After the city officials found that the sole company currently employed to do the job has been failing in its duty.
Director of the sanitation department at the municipality, Muhammad Al-Muwarqi, said this is part of a new plan to reorganize and rearrange sanitation services in the Holy City. He said more than 2,000 tons of garbage is produced every day in Makkah.
He said the poor sanitation situation in some districts was a result of the sole contractor failing to meet the required tasks and cover the entire city. This has resulted in garbage piling up in several areas including around the Grand Mosque.
He said that the names of the five companies would be announced in a month. Each company will be responsible for a part of the city with the municipality in that area supervising it.
Al-Muwarqi said the number of cleaning workers would be increased from 6,000 to 9,000 during Ramadan when the number of pilgrims and visitors increases threefold.
The cleaning workers will be spread out over the city with a focus on the area around the Grand Mosque. They will be supported by more than 200 vehicles.