The Riyadh Municipality (Amanat Al-Riyadh) in Saudi Arabia confirmed that the rules and regulations in the Kingdom not allows setting fires and using hookah (Shisha) in public parks and gardens.
The Riyadh Municipality through its official Twitter account said that the secretariat's observers will monitor violations, and will apply the maximum fines, To keep our gardens attractive and healthy.
- The Amanat Al-Riyadh highlighted that sticking to the instructions is evidence of awareness, as well as avoiding regular penalties, you are reading this article on saudi-expatriates.com.
- According to the rules, A person who commits such act of using hookah in public places or parks will expose himself for a penalty of 1,000 riyals for violating the order.
Penalties as per Environmental Law :
- According to the Environmental Law, setting fires in forests or national parks or in places other than designated for it, is a violation and its violator need to face a penalty of 3,000 riyals in addition to applying the penalties for burning trees and shrubs stipulated it in the executive regulations for logging.
- The regulation also stated that damaging fixed or movable materials, cutting or damaging fences, or tampering with border or indicative signs in forests or national parks is a violation of up to 3000 riyals, while the violation of distorting public and natural landmarks in forests or national parks by writing, drawing or sculpting has a fine of up to 400 riyals, with obligating violators to repair the damage and pay compensation.
- The penalty for destroying or altering the natural state of any material, its furniture and equipment, and for any other archaeological and cultural landmarks within forests or national parks has a fine of 4,000 riyals, with violators obligated to repair the damage and pay compensation.
- The national parks and vegetation cover sites in the Kingdom are considered a natural wealth that contributes to improving the climate and reducing pollution, and throwing waste in them is a grave systematic violation that distorts the civilized appearance and negatively affects the environment.
SOURCE : SAUDI EXPATRIATES
