A Southern Municipality council meeting descended into chaos yesterday as councillors launched an attack on municipal officials over a perceived lack of upkeep of public parks.
The heated exchanges came amid mounting frustration over delayed repairs, poor maintenance and stalled renovation work in parks in Zallaq, Sakhir, Safra and Isa Town, with councillors demanding the immediate replacement of what they described as ‘lazy’ officials.
Zallaq, Sakhir and Safra councillor Hamad Al Zoubi said repeated reports had wrongly claimed that saplings and other plants in public parks had been destroyed, preventing any allocation of funds for their future upkeep.
