CM orders outsourcing of solid waste management across Punjab
Pakistan
Suthra Punjab App will also be launched for facilitating people
LAHORE (APP) - Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved in principle outsourcing plan of the Solid Waste Management Services in every tehsil of Punjab.
Suthra Punjab App will also be launched for the facilitation of people.
The CM will formally launch door-to-door waste collection campaign on Dec 3 across Punjab.
She presided over a meeting to review progress being made on “Zero Waste Mission” Suthra Punjab Programme.
It was apprised during the meeting that outsourcing of Solid Waste Management Services has been completed in 103 tehsils of Punjab while outsourcing process is ongoing expeditiously in additional 33 tehsils.
It was apprised during the meeting that trackers will be installed on the vehicles deputed to monitor cleanliness.
Monitoring system will be established at the provincial, district and tehsil levels.
A six-member monitoring committee will be constituted under the headship of assistant commissioners in every tehsil.
It was informed during the meeting that more than 100,000 people will be provided employment owing to outsourcing of Solid Waste Management Services.
Additional 87,000 employments will be generated due to outsourcing of services.
More than 21,000 cleaning machinery and 83,000 other equipment will be provided.
Door-to-door waste collection will be carried out in 1.5 million houses in Lahore due to outsourcing of the Solid Waste Management.
It was further apprised in the meeting that cleanliness would be ensured in 500 markets and 400 villages of Lahore.
As many as 540 workers will be hired to ensure cleanliness measures in Lahore. Ten loader rickshaws will be distributed in every union council of Lahore.
