Waste management: Baloch delegation visits LWMC

Delegation to witness LWMC’s operations, including door to door collection, transportation and dumping.

LAHORE: A three-member delegation from Balochistan’s Local Government Department arrived in Lahore on Sunday to explore the possibility of replicating its solid waste management system in Quetta. Between January 27 and 30, the team will meet LWMC Managing Director Waseem Ajmal Chaudhary, Urban Unit Chief Executive Officer Nasir Javaid, the Punjab local government secretary, the chief secretary and heads of Turkish waste management companies. They will also visit the LWMC offices, facilities, the Mehmood Booti dump site, an under-construction landfill site, and workshops. The delegation will also witness LWMC’s operations, including mechanical sweeping and washing, door to door collection, transportation and dumping.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2014.