Eid al-Adha, or “the Feast of Sacrifice,” is one of the most important Muslim holidays and is marked with public holidays in Qatar. 

Eid al-Adha 2020 in Qatar will begin in the evening of Thursday, July 30 and ends in the evening of Sunday, August 2.

As the exact day is based on lunar sightings, the date may vary between countries.

How Qatar is preparing for the Eid Al-Adha 2020 

Preparations for the Eid Al-Adha 2020 in Qatar are in full swing. The Municipal Control Department and the Department of Services Affairs have initiated their action plans for intensive preparations in celebration of the coming holidays.

Municipalities have announced their preparations for the Eid break including:

Inspection Campaigns

• Intensifying inspection campaigns on food facilities along with sterilizing, disinfecting and equipping public parks to receive visitors.

• The implementation of intensive daily campaigns on meat and poultry stores, vegetable and fruit shops, candy stores and nuts, and daily inspection of the complexes, centers and consumer societies to ensure the safety of the products offered for sale and special offers.

• Inspection of outlets selling meat, fish and poultry in complexes and consumer societies.

• The inspectors will monitor the food establishments to:

- ensure the application of health requirements and standards in the field of storage of all kinds of refrigeration, freezing or dry storage

- ensure that workers hold valid health certificates in the food establishments

- ensure they follow health requirements and standards when dealing with foodstuff, and the safety and validity of these materials for human consumption

Veterinary Service

The municipalities provide high-quality veterinary service in the abattoirs through a team of inspectors and veterinarians to:

- monitor meat shops of all kinds, complete veterinary supervision on all stages of slaughtering in the abattoirs

- inspect the daily operations and the immediate destruction of those not fit for human consumption

With the support of Widam company, the municipalities were able to increase the number of butchers, cleaners and security personnel to maintain the system. Publications will be printed on how to choose and preserve the sacrifices in order to provide a high-quality service during the days of Eid Al-Adha. 

Working times will be from 5am until 5pm on a shift basis to receive the public and do veterinary examination. 

The veterinarians will also examine the fish coming from the sea directly to the deck of the Corniche.

Food inspectors and veterinarians will implement campaigns to:

- guide and alert all food establishments of all kinds to upgrade the health requirements of buildings and facilities and the safety of food handling procedures

- monitor any violations if found

- take appropriate legal measures towards violators in order to preserve health and the public interest

- to receive complaints through the competent team during the Eid period, daily and around the clock

Pest Control

During Eid Al-Ahda holiday, requests for insect and rodent control will be implemented during the morning period, while the removal of sewage will be in the evening period, according to the public's requests.

Food inspectors will implement intensive daily inspection campaigns on all the places that sell and trade foodstuff like sweets, nuts and vegetable shops as they increase their sales during the Eid holiday to ensure the safety of all the foodstuffs offered for sale in terms of the safety of storage, preservation, presentation, validity and the safety of the workers in the those stores.

The public inspectors will inspect the following to control public cleanliness violations, and work sites for companies that carry out excavation and construction work within the administrative borders of the municipalities:

- public streets

- squares

- neighborhoods

- public parks

- fronts of shops and restaurants 

The municipalities carry out daily sterilization and disinfection campaigns for the following as part of the preventive and precautionary measures to combat COVID-19:

- streets

- shops

- labor gatherings

- public parks

- Corniche

During the month of June, the Urban Planning Sector of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment completed the following:

- 6,667 transactions (which included: 2,048 transactions in the Land and Survey Department)

- 1,849 in the Urban Planning Department

- 1,620 in the State Properties Department

- 624 in the Infrastructure Planning Department

- 526 transactions in the Expropriation Department