Polythene bags to be distributed in Rawalpindi for garbage collection

Rawalpindi
The Solid Waste Management Company (SWMC) will provide big polythene bags free of cost to every house from the first week of August so that people can put garbage in them. People will be asked to put their household garbage outside their homes so that sanitary workers can collect them.
The campaign will continue for six months as the Solid Waste Management Company wants to educate people about their responsibilities in keeping their surroundings neat and clean.
On the other hand, the SWMC is facing shortage of around 300 sanitary workers in different localities of the city.
Solid Waste Management Company (SWMC) Managing Director Irfan Ahmed Qureshi told ‘The News’ that they would start new cleanliness campaign in Rawalpindi from Friday. “We would provide polythene bags free of cost to every home so that people could put their household garbage in them and place them outside their houses. Sanitary workers would lift these polythene bags and take them to garbage lifting vehicles on daily basis,” he claimed. He appealed to housewives to utilise these bags and put their daily garbage in them.
He admitted that the SWMC needs at least 300 sanitary workers in different localities of the city to lift garbage. “We are working day and night but shortage of staff is affecting our performance,” he added.