Staff Reporter
Sindh government and the World Bank have agreed to launch a $200 million Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project (SWEEP) for improvement and removal of waste from streets, drainage channels and canals/streams in Karachi.
This decision was taken in a meeting Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali held with World Bank delegation led by Practice Manager-South Asia, Urban Catalina Marulanda here on Tuesday at CM House, said a statement.
Other delegation members included Program Leader, Sustainable Development – Lixin Gu, Urban Specialist Suhaib Rasheed.
The chief minister was assisted by Minister Local Government Syed Nasir Shah, Chairperson P&D Nahid Shah, Principal Secretary to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Local Government Roshan Shaikh, MD Sindh Solid Waste Management Authority (SSWMA) Asif Ikram, PD Competitive and Livable City of Karachi (CLICK) Zubair Channa.
The chief minister said that an ADP scheme of of 1.6 billion has been launched to improve all solid waste management disposal in the city but “we are keen to do this on scientific lines and convert it into waste to energy,” he said.
The World Bank offered a $ 200 million SWEEP scheme to improve collection and removal of the waste from streets, drainage channels and streams.
Under the plan garbage transfer stations in every district and further disposal at Land Site which would also be developed as waste to energy project.
The chief minister said that the city of Karachi was most beautiful but the issues of proper cleanliness has destroyed its beauty. “I am keen to make it one of the most cleaned cities of Pakistan,” he said.
