Five cities get 501 solid waste management vehicles

Project funded by Asian Development Bank and Sindh government

SUKKUR: I love all cities and towns in Sindh like I love my own hometown, claimed Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. He was speaking at a ceremony held in Sukkur to distribute solid waste vehicles among the administrations of Sukkur, Rohri, Shikarpur, Khairpur and Larkana.

The ceremony was arranged by the North Sindh Urban Services Corporation (NSUSC) at Public School, Sukkur on Monday afternoon.

Addressing the participants, the CM said that in the past the performance of the NSUSC has not been impressive and therefore nobody was happy with it. “Fifteen days ago I had chaired a meeting in this regard and gave guidelines to the utility,” said Shah, adding that he hopes that if his directions are followed properly a difference will be made.



“We have [invested] a lot of funds in the NSUSC and hope to see a positive change in the next three to six months,” he said. However, the performance of the utility will be judged by the residents of the cities it serves, he added.

“We all are here to serve the masses and therefore we expect a good delivery of services by all the departments,” said the chief minister. He said that large scale recruitments have been made in the NSUSC and the employees who are not willing to work should quit. Speaking about the recruitment of white collar workers as sanitary workers, Shah said they should do the jobs they have been hired to do or leave the posts for those willing to work.

Commenting on the return of the Pakistan Peoples Party’s co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari to Pakistan, Shah said that now that the former president is back home the party workers and leaders will go into next general elections on the basis of their performance

Speaking on the occasion, former MPA and chairperson of the board of directors of NSUSC Haji Anwar Mahar welcomed the chief minister and said that the utility has spent approximately Rs 610.60 million for the purchase of 501 solid waste vehicles.

Funds for the project have been provided by the Asian Development Bank and Sindh government, he said. “It is our endeavor to provide the best available civic services to the people and, in this regard, the cooperation of the Sindh chief minister is laudable,” he said.

The mayor of Sukkur, Arsalan Shaikh, was also present on the occasion and said that now that the solid waste management has been mechanized, the process has become easier and faster. “The 501 vehicles have been purchased in the first phase, while more vehicles and equipment will be purchased in the second and third phases,” he told participants of the inauguration ceremony.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 27^th, 2016.