Local bodies warned against illegal garbage collection

KARACHI:

Sindh Local Government Minister, Saeed Ghani, has said that no union committee or town municipal corporation in Karachi possesses the authority to allow any private service provider to collect waste on a door-to-door basis in their jurisdiction as permissions issued to this effect are illegal.

Sindh Local Government Minister stated this while responding to the queries of the concerned lawmakers during the question hour of the Sindh Assembly's session on Monday. Answering the queries of the legislators, the Local Government Minister said the private service providers involved in the lifting of garbage in Karachi had assumed the shape of a mafia as they posed a serious civic problem in the city.

He said that these private persons sorted out the municipal waste after its collection to retrieve precious items while the rest of the trash was carelessly disposed of in the stormwater drains in the city.

Ghani informed the house that he had put forth the suggestion that a system should be developed for door-to-door waste collection in the city with the involvement of the relevant union committee. He said launching such a waste-lifting system would also generate financial resources for the UCs. He said the private persons involved in door-to-door waste collection should be prevented from this work.