LAHORE
The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) has finalised its cleanliness plan for the coming Eid-ul-Azha.
Officials said a meeting, presided over by Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab and Chairman LWWC Khawaja Ahmad Hassan, was held on Monday to review the Cleanliness Plan for Eid-ul-Azha 2015 devised by the LWMC in collaboration with its Turkish contractors Albayrak and Ozpak.
Managing Director LWMC Khalid Majeed, in the presence of Mehar Ishtiaq (Member National Assembly), Chaudhary Shahbaz (Member Provincial Assembly) and Abdullah Sumbal (Commissioner Lahore), gave a detailed presentation over the arrangements expected to be made by the LWMC and Turkish contractor companies on the upcoming mega and challenging day.
The LWMC's measures for Eid-ul-Azha cleanup plan include three phase strategy i.e. before, during and after the Eid. Assignment of workers along with the machinery and setting up of awareness camps at district government’s animal markets; distribution of customised waste bags among public through zonal/Union Council offices, mosques, markets and other channels and dissemination of Eid Plan at the larger scale to make every citizen/ stakeholder aware of standard instructions and operating procedures of operation for successfully achieving the desired outcomes are the major components of the before Eid measures.
During the Eid, measures include hiring of additional picks-ups/ machinery for effective waste collection at UC level, setting up of waste transfer stations for timely transportation of waste from residential areas, setting up of model awareness camps to facilitate citizens on provision of services and addressing of complaints and most importantly establishment of environment-friendly dumping points for the large amount of animal waste. After the Eid, arrangements aim at making city zero waste by carrying out operations in animal markets, major sacrificial points and covering of all dumping places with soil and
lime to protect environment from hazardous impact of offal. On this occasion, Hassan said the whole operation would be strictly monitored using IT based tools and record would be maintained and shared on the dashboard of the Punjab Information Technology Board for review by all stakeholders. “Keeping in view the previous work of the LWMC and high benchmark set by the organisation, preparations have been started a month before to successfully design and execute the Eid-ul-Azha’s strategic plan as Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif himself has directed the organisaton to ensure the ever best cleanliness services on this Eid.