• There are demands that the authorities earmark an area where people can park their caravans at the end of the camping season, so that they don’t have to tow them to other places and bring them back every season.
• People are demanding that the authorities develop more green areas, public parks and sports facilities so that they can take part in sports.
• Many parents are complaining about unnecessary demands by some schools, which ask students to come to their graduation event in new uniforms, which entails needless expenditure.
• A number of agriculture department employees at the Ministry of Environment have complained about delay in their official appointment after the transfer of the department from the Ministry of Municipality to the Ministry of Environment in 2009. They say their housing allowance has not exceeded QR2,500 since then.
• The traffic authorities have been urged to raise speed limits on highways, including Salwa Road, as many people working in Doha live in the Al Shamal area and have to spend a long time commuting, because of traffic jams and speed limits.
• There is discussion in the social media about the Advisory Council’s proposal to allow taller buildings in some parts of the country in view of increasing land prices and rents and growing demand for housing.
• The traffic department has been urged to monitor transportation of boats and scooters behind vehicles, particularly at night, as many of them lack lights on the sides and at the back, and this may lead to accidents because many drivers may not see them well.
