A 40MW waste-to-energy power plant to be installed at the landfill siteThe meeting was told that the solid waste management operation for district Korangi had been assigned to Gansu.... Korangi district generates 1, 920 tonnes of garbage daily.... The Chinese firm would deploy 2, 000 sanitary workers and mobilise 500 sanitary machine workers in the district to collect and dump the garbage at the landfill sites....

Play Video Pause Loaded: 3.31% 0: 00 Remaining Time-10: 03 Unmute Fullscreen This is a modal window. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.... Advertisement X Talking to the media, he held the Sindh government and Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab responsible for the dismal state of sanitation during the festive days and said: “ Mayor Wahab makes tall claims, but the reality is visible on every street.... JI conveniently b

KARACHI: Amid a very thin attendance of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, the Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved several important amendments to the Sindh Local Government Act, giving more powers to mayors and chairmen of municipal corporations. The Sindh Local Government( Second Amendment) Bill, 2023, presented by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla, was adopted smoothly without any statement or explanation on the amendment from the treasury benches.As per the

In the bill, among the major changes conceded by the ruling PPP were removing the clause to elect any person( and not just elected members) as the mayor, deputy mayor, chairperson or vice-chairperson.... The clause mandating elections for these posts through secret ballot was also removed. The bill, which was initially passed amid the opposition's absence during a session last month, primarily takes away functions of education and health from municipal bodies.... The bill has been rejected by

It is stated that tax collection has also been included in the provincial financial award formula for the first time.... Some experts suggest that district governments should be authorised to collect tax on farm incomes.... The process of financial releases of the allocated funds needs to be streamlined to help the third tier of government to improve its performance....