Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) Bilal Firoz Joiya said that water bowsers would be kept operational at landfills in order to deal with potential fires.
During a visit to a dumping site on Friday, he said that fires could cause environmental pollution and smog during the winter.
He urged field staff to be conscious and keep the water bowsers at landfills in operational condition around-the-clock, in order to rapidly respond to and extinguish any fires.
Briefing the CEO, General Manager Operations FWMC Muhammad Ejaz Bandesha said that the FWMC was shifting 1,300 tons of solid waste
daily from landfills to dumping site.
Many temporary waste stations were also set up in the city to collect waste material and were emptied daily to protect citizens from the putrid smell of waste and any potential diseases, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2022.
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