4,000 more dustbins to be placed in Karachi

Chief secretary directs DCs to monitor performances of Chinese companies

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah has expressed displeasure over the performance of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) and has directed the board’s managing director to cancel the contract of the Chinese company employed to lift garbage in District East.

Shah has also directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to monitor the performance of the Chinese companies. He also said that funds to these companies will be provided after satisfactory reports are issued by the respective DCs.

Shah has also directed the SSWMB to place 4,000 new dustbins across the city within three days.

He said that the Sindh government has recently initiated the Blue Jacket Movement against open littering, adding that citizens should join the drive to clean the city.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 20^th, 2019.