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the Ministry of Municipality in Al Mazrouah of Umm Salal Municipality, which accommodates around 25,000 to 30,000 abandoned vehicles. The campaign runs throughout the year, impounding abandoned vehicles in public places, roadsides and residential areas. The campaign also extends beyond Doha to other parts of the country. Sale of abandoned vehicles The Ministry of Municipality launched an initiative in the summer of 2022 to sell abandoned vehicles through an online auction via Mzad Qatar. General Manager and Founder of Mzad Qatar, Fahad Al Nuaimi, said, ‘The number of abandoned vehicles sold online has surprised the ministry officials and ourselves as it crossed 360% of the target'. ‘The sales rate of the abandoned vehicles was ranging from 50 to 70 vehicles a week. We sold about 1,000 vehicles,’ said Al Nuaimi, sharing statistics from July 2022. The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Joint Committee for Removing Abandoned Vehicles, signed an agreement with Ebdaa Digital Technology, the owner of Mzad Qatar app, to sell abandoned vehicles, equipment and boats through online auction in February 2022. The agreement aims at setting up an electronic auction for the disposal and sale of abandoned cars, equipment and boats through the Mzad Qatar app by sharing details on its website/app to attract the maximum number of buyers. The agreement included a detailed mechanism for cooperation between the Department of Mechanical Equipment and Mzad Qatar regarding the sale of abandoned cars and boats as well as mechnical and technical equipment through electronic auction. The department is responsible for uploading all specifications of abandoned vehicles listed in the online auction to Mzad Qatar. Details such as technical specifications and information about the vehicle such as its type, colour, date of manufacture, chassis number and others are uploaded. The department also provides a location for inspecting the abandoned cars, equipment and boats offered for auction, and determines the hours available for inspecting the vehicles during the auction time and before the closing date, giving opportunity to participants of the auction to verify the condition of the vehicles. m