Speed up solid waste management projects: CM

Karachi
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, who is also the chairman of Sindh Solid Waste Management Board, has issued direction to the pertinent authorities to finish the integrated solid waste management plans for all six district municipal corporations (DMCs) of Karachi and Nawabshah city before the end of February.
In this regard, he also set up a sub-committee headed by Sindh chief secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiana, with additional chief secretary of the planning and development department Muhammad Wasim , finance secretary Sohail Rajput and solid waste management board’s MD Roshan Ali Shaikh as members.
Presiding over a meeting to review the work on Wednesday, the chief minister asked the committee to submit weekly reports to him about the project’s progress.
He said the project is intended for four big cities, but in the first phase it will be implemented in in Karachi and Nawabshah.
He directed the officers concerned to work together withal district municipal corporations and asked the financial department to releases of funds when required.
He said after successful implementation in Karachi and Nawabshah, the solid waste management scheme will be implemented in other important cities including Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana and Mirpurkhas in the second phase.
The solid waste management board’s MD Roshan Ali Shaikh informed the meeting that under the project, all six DMCs of Karachi and Nawabshah city will have Garbage Transport Site (GTS) with the facility of recovering material and transportation from GTS to a landfill site.
He said the garbage before its disposal will be sorted out for recyclable material, organic waste, reusable power through modern techniques. Through this garbage, he said, the board will be able to generate between Rs3 and Rs4 billion in a year.