No one will be allowed to dispose waste in any location other than landfill sites, decided Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Commissioner Karachi in the meeting of union councils. It was decided that the vehicle will be confiscated and the driver will be arrested if he is found disposing waste in other locations.
It was also decided that all Union Councils (UCs) will make sure that their mechanism of disposing waste is effective. It was noticed that many vehicles of different union councils failed to disposed trash in landfill sites.
This was revealed by managing director of Solid Waste Management Board, who said that different institutions have failed to fulfill their role effectively.
Commissioner Karachi ordered all councils to cooperate with Solid Waste Management Board to make the city clean. He also took notice of trash burning in different areas of city which is causing pollution. He asked deputy commissioners to start crackdown against those who are involved in trash burning.
The meeting was attended by deputy commissioners, municipal commissioners, union councils, cantonment board, DHA, Pakistan Railways, KPT, Solid Waste Management Board & DIG police Karachi.