The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ali Anan Qamar on Sunday took stern action against officers and staff over showing negligence in discharging their duties.
According to LWMC sources here, nine officers of Allama Iqbal town lost their jobs over corrupt prac-tices, hiding ghost employees and for not doing work.
The responsibilities of the morning shift in Allama Iqbal Town were entrusted to Shakeel Wahid, while four supervisors were issued a final warning to improve their attitude.
Town Manager Abdul Rauf of Wagah Town was also fired due to poor performance. A final warning was issued to Town Manager Aziz Bhatti for poor performance and poor cleanliness, while a warning letter was issued to Chaudhry Aslam, Town Manager of Gulberg, for neglecting duties and failing to improve performance despite repeated warnings.
The CEO warned the corrupt mafia that negligence in duties was not acceptable.
He said, “Everyone has to fulfil their responsibility to make Lahore clean.”
Meanwhile LWMC on Saturday dismissed 127 em-ployees for remaining absent from work during the last month.
LWMC officials say that the action was taken fol-lowing digital monitoring of the employees attend-ance record. They say because of digital monitoring a significant improvement has been observed in workers’ attendance.
LWMC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ali Anan Qamar says there will be no leniency for the work shirkers and workers will have to perform their duty regularly to keep the city clean and provide interna-tional standard sanitation services.
The company has issued a notification for the dis-missal of 127 employees who have been absent for one month consecutively. In the last three months, more than 300 employees have been dismissed from service for remaining absent for long without notice.