Sindh govt intends to start waste-to-energy project at KU

The Sindh government intends to start a pilot project at the University of Karachi to generate clean energy by utilising waste being generated at the campus.

Environment and Law Adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab, who is also the provincial government’s spokesman, shared this while talking to media on Tuesday after attending a seminar at the varsity on environmental pollution.

He said talks were under way with the vice chancellor to start a waste-to-energy project at the campus. The government had adopted effective legislation to counter the issue of environmental pollution in the province and the legislative efforts would soon produce positive results for the benefit of the masses, he added.

The adviser said some of the effective steps initiated by the provincial government to conserve the environment included a ban on single-use plastic bags, closure of industrial units responsible for harmful emissions and tree plantation campaigns with the support of the civil society. He said industrial units involved in utilising animal waste to produce edible oil for human consumption had been sealed.

Wahab said the government would also install waste water treatment plants in the province, and they had also adopted a climate change Policy. He said people in the province should be made aware of the benefits of these steps and the policy initiatives of the government, so that they would wholeheartedly own and implement them.

The KU was performing a leading role at the forefront of the government’s efforts to counter environmental pollution, he added. Collective efforts should be launched by all the concerned sections of the society to tackle environmental degradation.