Incineration plant in Landhi Industrial Area inaugurated

Unit has capacity to burn up to 12,000kgs of industrial, medical waste: Wahab

KARACHI:

Adviser to the Sindh chief minister on law, environment and coastal development Murtaza Wahab inaugurated SN West Incineration Plant in Landhi Industrial Area on Thursday, stating that the fully automatic plant was the first of its kind installed in the city.

"It has the capacity to burn 12,000 kilogrammes of industrial and medical waste," he said, adding that measures had been taken to minimise environmental pollution caused by the plant as well as to protect the plant from pollution.

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Explaining the plant's mechanism, Wahab said, "The plant makes use of scrubbing towers to convert black smoke to white smoke."

According to Wahab, who also hold the portfolio of the Sindh government spokesperson, due to the "revolutionary policies" of the provincial government, a network of industries has been established in Sindh.

"Yet, curb environmental pollution caused by factories remains our priority," he added. "And this plant [SN West Incineration Plant] will burn industrial and medical waste in an environment friendly way."

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Turning his attention to infrastructure development, Wahab said the Sindh government had constructed road in Landhi Industrial Area on the request of industrialists, spending from the provincial government's funds, as a result of which a network of industries had been established in the area.

He further stated that the Sindh CM had approved 11 new roads for SITE Industrial Area.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2021.