The Joint Committee for Removing Abandoned Vehicles in the country removed 169 abandoned vehicles from different areas in the Doha and Al Rayyan municipalities over the past few days. The committee maintained active co-ordination with the municipalities concerned to prevent the spread of the phenomenon of abandoned vehicles due to its various negative impacts, in particular distorting the beauty and general ambiance of public places in violation of Law No 18 of 2017 on Public Hygiene, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) said in a statement. Vehicles and equipment from both the MME and Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) took part in the process of removing such vehicles and transporting them to the designated impound yards in Mesaimeer and Al Mashaf. The impounded vehicles remain there for six months, after which the matter is referred to the General Directorate of Traffic in order to cancel the road permit registration of such vehicles. This is in preparation for selling them to specialist companies as scrap.