Kuwait Municipality is displaying rare tenacity and appears determined to evict bachelors from the area and change the face of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.
The second wave of cleanup operations swept across the area yesterday with municipality and security personnel converging on Jleeb and engaging in inspections and clearing up violations, including driving-out bachelors residing in family residential areas.
The campaign, which was launched for the second time in as many weeks, was held earlier than planned to surprise violators and their supporters. The early operations also allowed inspection teams from various government entities more time to probe the violations and take appropriate action, said the Director of Kuwait Municipality Ahmed Al-Manfouhi.
Thousands of violations were identified in the second phase of the cleanup operations, said Deputy Director of Kuwait Municipality for the Farwaniya and Mubarak Al-Kabir governorates Ammar Al-Ammar, who added that the Municipality was determined to pursue bachelors residing in private and model housing areas, until the area was free of such people.
He revealed that bachelors have so far been evicted from 200 real estate buildings, while the power supply to 250 other buildings have been cut off. In addition, warnings and citations have been issued to the owners of 270 real estate owners for violating the law.
Al-Ammar pointed out that housing bachelors is considered a misdemeanor and the violating real estate owner is fined KD500 for the first offense, which increases to KD1,000 for subsequent violations. However, finding that the fines are not a sufficient deterrent, the Municipality has now submitted a proposal to increase the penalty and the fine.