By Kubra Maharramova...
Sometimes I think it's good that we've had a lot of rain lately. We stay at home. As soon as we go out, we litter everywhere.
When the sun comes out, our fellow citizens turn public beaches into garbage dumps. Leaving food scraps on the shore seems mandatory.
Greetings to mothers who throw baby diapers into the sea! They come with gold and diamonds, yet they litter.
In Dubai, littering on the beach costs 1000 dirhams (270 USD). Grilling: 500 dirhams, bonfire: 2000 dirhams, spitting: 1000 dirhams.
But if we impose fines here, we become enemies. How can we be as clean as Arabs? When I was a child, walls had writings: "Here, the one who litters..." Now they don't write anymore?
Should we bring police with sticks from India? Or close the beaches? How to explain that littering is wrong? It seems we lag in evolution.
I propose strict measures: cameras, patrols, on-the-spot fines. For those who say they have no money, 30 days of beach cleaning. Young volunteers clean, but it's useless.
It's 2026, we solved Karabakh, but we can't solve the litter problem. I pray to God: make us human!
