(haipo) - The shields that were placed in Haifa with the aim of protecting the city's residents in an emergency, instead became a source of disappointment and frustration. Residents report that even today (Sun. 6/10/24), months after they were placed, the shelters continue to be used as a public toilet, with the situation only getting worse. This phenomenon prevents people from entering shelters during alarms and thereby puts their lives at risk.
In March 2024, as part of the preparations of the Haifa Municipality and the Home Front Command for the escalation of the security situation, shields were placed in central areas of the city, such as the Shekmona Promenade, the Kiryat Haim Promenade, the Hecht Promenade and the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. In August, security guards were added in other areas of the city, including Kiryat Haim. The shelters, which are accessible to the public 24/7, are designed to provide a quick response and available shelter in case of emergency, in contrast to the public shelters that are only opened as needed.
However, according to residents' reports, it seems that the shelters, at least some of them, do not get to fulfill their important purpose - instead of serving as a shelter in an emergency, they have become a filthy and smelly place that is a sanitary hazard.
Just about a month ago, we published in Chai Fe about a phenomenon in which cisterns are not maintained and are in poor hygienic condition, such as the cistern in Tel Shekmona, which was full of feces and urine, but it seems that there is no change and the situation continues.
Families who came last night to spend time with their children at the open-air playground near Hecht Park, discovered that the shelter was full of urine, with a pungent and unbearable smell rising from it, to the point that it was impossible to stay in it, not even for a short time.
When an alarm sounded and it was necessary to take shelter, the parents had to take shelter with their children outside the contaminated shelter and not enter it, as of course it would have been more desirable and safer, but in its condition, they say, it was impossible to stay there, not even for one second.
die of the smell
"The children were playing in the playground and then the alarm sounded," says one of the mothers, "but no one thought to enter the toilet, which was smelly and filthy in an indescribable way. It's simply shocking that people allow themselves to use the toilets! This is our protective measures, that's why they put Same there," she says and adds with a bitter smile: "If you don't die from a metal, you die from the smell."
The residents raise difficult questions about the lack of supervision of the safety nets. "Why isn't the municipality doing what is required to ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of the safes? Security cameras could have been placed, it would have made people think twice before defecating there" says one of the fathers. Beyond the fine, a serious fine would have added to the deterrence, no one would have dared to use the shields as public services."
The parents say that in real time, when an alarm sounded, when they had a single minute to take shelter with the children, they were faced with a difficult decision, but in light of the terrible condition of the shelter, they had to give up staying there. "Just the thought made me sick, and the children are nothing to talk about."
system haipo Contacted the municipality in order to receive a response regarding the security situation in the city and regarding the steps the municipality intends to take to address the issue. so far, No response has yet been received from the Haifa Municipality.
There is a shelter in the city of Rosh Ha'Ain that was sprayed with bleach and there is no window. There is such a stinking smell of bleach that I suffocated and did not enter the shelter. You know the shelter does not wash with bleach. There are cleaning materials with pleasant smells that disinfect like bleach.
The municipality, the Aruf command, and the residents themselves.
It was clear to anyone with a mind that these toilets would become toilets. Only those who placed them did not understand it.
Clean and disinfect and put cameras. Those who cheat will be severely punished so that they will see and be seen.
! Israel is not clean, not well maintained and there are solutions for that.
The shelter must be spotlessly clean and one must enter it with an electronic chip, a chip that only local residents will receive from the municipality and thus all squatters will not be able to enter the shelter.
Did you want to have sex in the bathroom?
The place is not supervised by the authorities
They should put cameras next to every guardrail and besides, it's time to have public toilets for citizens who are outside the house urinating after trash cans in the gardens of buildings today you can place portable chemical toilets near every guardrail it's not a problem for the city this expense
Educate your children instead of complaining
You are bad parents with violent and vandalistic children who despise law and order
And then just complain about what they break, destroy, beat and piss on
You wanted children, educate them. If you urinate inside, it's probably because there is no shame for a citizen in the country.
And instead of complaining, take buckets and scrape, you have two hands.
This is a park, dozens of people, you know, drugged people and sick people with diseases entered the toilet, it is the responsibility of the municipality that cleaners will clean toilets, there are also toilets in the park
All summer I was talking about the issue next to the marine research, even though it stinks like shit, I took a picture, I reported it, they went to clean it the next day, again the same thing, this is not new to the municipality, we reported it for half a year, and the problem remains to this day
Maybe it's time for the municipality to build public toilets in parks and promenades where people are and then they won't have to use toilets as toilets. Look what is happening in Europe. There are public toilets.
Vandalists and the sick youth that grows here will destroy and corrupt all public services.
It should be a facility for a fee of NIS 10 with close maintenance and cleaning after each user.
There are enough people who can make a good living cleaning public toilets
There are places where there are toilets, more needs to be done, but it should be noted that whoever messes up in the toilets is on purpose. It is known from the moment they opened toilets, what a racist and scum of the human race knew and did it on purpose.
Maybe give fines to those who defecate in a public place?!
Not better?
Teach people who don't screw up in the migonit!
Clean there, where you don't get dirty!
And how will they find this scum who does it on purpose because it's safe on purpose so that we don't go in at the time of need
The problem is that it's not just the obscenities that stink, the whole of Haifa stinks because the residents of Haifa forgot the first time this mayor, what did Haifa look like in his previous term, nothing will change, so what did they do, elect him again, then you will suffer because the first time you didn't learn and you returned Utzo, that's your problem. what you chose
An electric lock controlled from a control room must be inserted and activated and opened during an alarm.
I wish great idea