Abbottabad turned into pile of trash

Ban on garbage dumping at the Salhad dumping point by PHC Abbottabad Bench on Monday

ABBOTABAD:

Following a ban on garbage dumping at the Salhad dumping point by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) Abbottabad Bench on Monday, the city has been transformed into a massive pile of trash.

Last Monday, the PHC Abbottabad Bench, in its verdict, directed the Water and Sanitation Service Company Abbottabad (WSSCA), Abbottabad Cantonment Board (ACB), and Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Abbottabad to cease dumping at Salhad. The court emphasised that the location, being the entry point of the city, was adversely affecting thousands of residents in the surrounding vicinity.

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In compliance with the verdict, WSSCA began dumping garbage at TMA Haripur, and ACB utilised the Cantonment Board Havelian dumping point. However, both municipal authorities later refused to continue providing this facility.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 5^th, 2023.