Baghdad – WAA – Wissam Al-Mulla
The Environmental Police revealed, on Monday, the development of a four-pronged plan to reduce violations and enforce laws, while stressing the need to prevent blacksmith and carpentry workshops from operating in alleys and residential neighborhoods.
Baghdad Environment Police Director, Karkh Mustafa Abdul Hassan, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The Environmental Police is an environmental security formation concerned with implementing the environmental laws of Iraqi legislation, especially the Environmental Protection and Improvement Law No. 27 of 2009, which covers all aspects of the Iraqi environment.”
He pointed out that “the executive arm of the Ministry of Environment is the Environmental Police, and one of its most important duties is to implement the decisions of the Ministry of Environment in closing violations and taking legal measures, starting with the inspection with the environmental inspector and reaching the closure decision if the violator does not comply with the laws.”
He added, “The police are working to implement the judicial decisions issued by environmental judges, as the Supreme Judicial Council has created a special environmental judge to look into environmental cases.”
He explained that “the environmental police control the circulation of chemical materials entering Iraq through sea, land and air border crossings and create a database and know the end user to prevent the use of these materials in a negative way.”
He added, “The environmental police receive complaints from citizens who are exposed to environmental influences, such as generators and their emissions, as well as noise pollution, as Iraqi law has set 60 decibels for noise pollution and 65 decibels in commercial areas.”
He added, “The police are working to eliminate blacksmith and carpentry workshops in alleys and residential neighborhoods because they are in violation of the law.”
