LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved in principle an outsourcing plan of solid waste management services in every tehsil of the province.
A Suthra Punjab App will also be launched for facilitating the people and the chief minister will launch a door-to-door waste collection campaign from December 3 across Punjab.
The chief minister took the decisions while presiding over a meeting to review progress on the Suthra Punjab Programme with a ‘zero-waste’ mission. She was informed that outsourcing of solid waste management had been completed in 103 tehsils, while the process was under way in 33 others.
Trackers will be installed on the vehicles deputed to monitor cleanliness and a monitoring system will be established at the provincial, district and tehsil levels. A six-member monitoring committee will constituted under the headship of assistant commissioners in every tehsil.
It was revealed during the meeting that more than 100,000 people would be provided employment owing to outsourcing of the waste management.
More than 21,000 cleaning machines and 83,000 other pieces of equipment will be provided for the waste management. Door-to-door waste collection will be carried out from 1.5 million houses in Lahore. Cleanliness will be ensured in 500 markets and 400 villages of Lahore district.
At least 540 workers will be hired to ensure cleanliness measures in Lahore, while 10 loader rickshaws will be provided in every union council of the city.
The chief minister directed the officials concermed to maintain equal cleanliness quality measures in every street and town.
She asserted, “A zero waste revolution will be implemented in Punjab. Strict monitoring of cleanliness should be carried out and stern action will be taken in case of any negligence. The chief minister also appreciated the cleanliness arrangements in Murree.
