CDA to hire consultant for selection of landfill site.

ISLAMABAD -- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to hire a consultant for selection of a new landfill site as shifting of the existing dumping site in I-12 is imperative after start of development work in the stalled sector.

'We are going to hire a consultant for feasibility and selection of a suitable site. We have identified four sites and the consultant will pick one of them,' said CDA Director General Shahjahan Khan.

Talking toDawnon Sunday, Mr Khan said the consultant would prepare feasibility report of four sites - Bhara Kahu, Sangjani, near Old Airport and another near Mandra.

'We have also decided that the new site will be a proper engineering and scientific landfill site. The existing one in I-12 is a dumping site, not a proper landfill site,' he said.

Feasibility report to be prepared about sites in Bhara Kahu, Sangjani, near old airport, Mandra

It is relevant to note here that the CDA has been dumping around 600 tonnes of garbage and waste daily in I-12, which has remained a stalled sector for years, however, recently the civic body started development work in this sector. Therefore, shifting of the dumping site, which is almost filled to its capacity, has become imperative.

Last year, the CDA decided to set up a temporary site in H-16, but the locals of the area filed a court case against the authority. Later, it was decided that the site will not be established in H-16.

Meanwhile, the civic agency had also proposed setting up a site on its nursery land along Park Road, but after a few meetings, this site was also termed not suitable.

It is relevant to note here that the CDA continues to receive criticism from...