A fresh ‘not in my backyard’ dispute has erupted inside the Northern Municipal Council yesterday after a councillor urgently demanded that authorities ‘immediately find an alternative location’ for the long-awaited Al Maqasis (Al Haraj/Al Laylami) popular flea market.
Northern Governorate constituency nine (western Hamad Town) councillor Abdulla Al Qobaisi called on the council to officially request that Municipalities and Agriculture Minister Wael Al Mubarak intervene to secure a new site .
