Subsidiary boards to oversee waste collection, disposal
Karachi is in dire need of an effective garbage collection system, as trash is piling up. PHOTO: FILE
The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) has approved the setting up of subsidiary boards for overseeing trash collection and disposal works in Karachi, Hyderabad, and Sukkur cities.
The decision to this effect was taken on Friday at a meeting of the provincial steering committee of the SSWMB with Sindh Minister for Local Government, Town Planning, Public Health Engineering, and Rural Development, Saeed Ghani chaired the meeting as the chairman of the committee.
The boards to be set up for the three cities will comprise non-permanent members including two technical members from the academia, one representative from the non-governmental organisations, and a person having technical expertise in the field of solid waste disposal.
The steering committee was informed that no names had so far been recommended for setting up the board to oversee solid waste disposal work in Larkana.
The meeting decided that the Sindh local government minister and Larkana mayor will jointly finalise the names for setting up the board for the Larkana division.
The meeting of the steering committee was attended by Karachi Mayor, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Hyderabad Mayor Kashif Shoro, Sukkur Mayor Barrister Arsalan Islam Sheikh, Additional Chief Secretary Local Government Khalid Hyder Shah, Karachi's Additional Commissioner-1 Sehar Iftikhar, SSWMB Managing Director Imtiaz Ali Shah, Vice-Chancellor of NED University of Engineering & Technology Prof Dr Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Local Government Department Additional Secretary Liquat Ali Bhatti, and other senior officials
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2024.