Capital Municipality starts full maintenance at Manama Central Market amid public apology

TDT | Manama

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The Capital Municipality has begun a full maintenance programme at Manama Central Market after a sewage overflow, and apologised to shoppers and traders for any disruption.

Works cover air-conditioning, the sewage network, and the electricity and water systems, with technical teams on site until the project is finished.

Engineer Mohammed AlSahli, Director-General of the Capital Municipality, said the overflow stemmed from a deep blockage that needed specialised equipment to clear.

He added that eight restaurants inside the market were told not to pour oil into drains.

The maintenance spans all halls of the market, including the fish, fruit and vegetable, and meat sections.

Recent faults in cooling units were dealt with: nine of the 33 units in the produce hall failed, as did two in the fish market, and these have been replaced or repaired to keep services running.

Al-Sahli said upgrades at the market will continue as budgets allow, ahead of a move to a new site in Buri.

He also said the Capital Municipality, working with the Ministry of Works, is overhauling the market’s sewage system in full to prevent a repeat of such incidents and to improve conditions for traders and shoppers.