More than 10,000 LWMC workers and managers were on duty during the Eid holidays. Northern parts of Lahore were kept fairly clean, but there were complaints of mismanagement in southern neighbourhoods including the Walled City.
The LWMC rented 350 pickups that, along with 500 of its own vehicles, transported 23,631 tons of waste in 4,969 round trips. Eidul Azha is the busiest time of year for sanitary workers, as the city generates twice its average daily amount of solid waste on the day.
The LWMC had cancelled its staff’s Eid holidays and sanitary workers who served on the three days will get bonuses of Rs1,000 each.
LWMC Managing Director Waseem Ajmal, as well as the Lahore commissioner and district coordination officer, visited several neighbourhoods to inspect the arrangements made by the company to ensure cleanliness. Ajmal terminated four work-charge employees and suspended nine supervisory staff for negligence on duty.
The company distributed 500,000 special bags in various areas of the city for the safe disposal of animal remains. Camps were set up in each of the city’s 150 union councils to address complaints and stayed open till 7pm. These camps had sanitary staff, machinery and transport vehicles, and supervisory officers to monitor the work.
The 15 call agents at the LWMC helpline, 1139, received 6,000 complaints during the three days and 75 per cent of these complaints were resolved, said the company. A separate control room was set up to monitor how complaints were handled. Special cleaning arrangements were made for slaughter houses, mosques and collective slaughter sites.
LWMC workers and volunteers also conducted an awareness campaign to try and teach people safe ways to dispose of animal remains. Announcements were made through mosques informing citizens of sanitation arrangements and asking for their cooperation.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 10th, 2011.
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Good work Mr. Shahbaz Shareef. Although i am a PTI supporter but i should acknowledge that this was the CLEANEST Eid i have ever seen. Even the Bakar Mandi was well positioned and organised. Buses routes to Mandi were well defined. Unlike what we hear abt Karachi Animal Market where ppl have to pay 5-6k extra to the official to keep them mum.
So I guess the pressure created by MQM paid off for once! Glad to see they did a good job. Lahore does seem quite clean this year.
i m also a witness, Good work done by the workers of wasa under the new management all credit goes to CM Punjab
Good work CM Punjab and all his team! Bravo. I am personally a witnessed. Never saw such cleanliness in Eid Ul Adha days before in my life!
Though it may seem small, this is a remarkable achievement by the city government and all credit is due to them. Nobody in this meat crazed city believes in any cleanliness or hygiene and this mammoth effort by the city is truly an example of what can be achieved when there is a clear will to do it,. Maybe Lahore's citizens will thank the city government by actually doing something themselves rather than letting the city deal with all the problems they create through this massive slaughterfest. Well done city government!