The Minister of Public Works and Transport in the caretaker government, Ali Hamiye, held an extensive meeting at his office with the ministry's contractors responsible for cleaning and maintaining rainwater drains, representatives from the Ministries of Energy, Water, and Environment, the Council for Development and Reconstruction, and companies tasked with cleaning and removing waste from the roads. After the meeting, Hamiye stated, "Our meeting aimed to coordinate steps with the concerned administrations from the Ministry of Environment, Energy, and the Council for Development and Reconstruction, which play a complementary role to the work of the ministry's contractors and municipalities." He urged "everyone to take responsibility," discussing the issues of "red spots and the problems that occurred due to flooding," evaluating the current situation and the causes that led to it. He noted that "a coordinated plan was agreed upon between all private sector contractors and the state under the supervision of the public administrations from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, the Council for Development and Reconstruction, and other concerned ministries."
He clarified that "the cleaning and waste collection companies have contracts from the Council for Development and Reconstruction," questioning "the role of the municipalities on the coast that have not signed contracts with waste removal companies—are they fulfilling their role in cleaning and collecting waste on the highways within their jurisdiction, as this is the main reason for the flooding?" He called for "regular waste removal." He pointed out that "some landfills close their doors at 4 PM, which forces waste removal companies to stop working at that time, and communication is currently happening between the Council for Development and Reconstruction and Ramco Company and the new landfill to resume night operations." Hamiye mentioned, "An agreement was made with the representative of the Ministry of Energy to communicate with the municipalities regarding the rivers and water channels, which have been encroached upon in various ways, affecting the formation of floods on the roads instead of being contained within the rivers and channels, as seen in Zouk Mosbeh, Zouk Mikayel, Harat al-Sakhr, and the Fouad Chehab Bridge, among others." He identified "four concerned entities responsible for preventing floods: the Ministries of Public Works and Transport, Energy, and Water, and the municipalities and waste collection and cleaning companies."
