Water and electricity supply will be cut to labour accommodations in Muharraq that do not comply with Covid-19 regulations, it has been announced...

council chairman Ghazi Al Murbati, said this was the only way to get labour camps to adhere to preventive guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus...

regulations had been ignored by the landlords who had not taken the matter seriously...

the Capital Governorate has already started to cut electricity from labour camps that violate the law and has seen a 48 per cent reduction in the number of residents in overcrowded accommodation.