Sindh Assembly passes resolution to remove garbage from city.

KARACHI -- The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to immediately take appropriate and sustainable steps for collecting garbage from Karachi.

The mover Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmaker Bilal Ghaffar said that the city was presenting a worst look due to inefficiency of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB).

'The provincial authorities utilised district officials to lift garbage from the city during one-month garbage lifting campaign and utilized Rs 300 million for it,' he said adding that that it was evident from it that the garbage lifting provincial body, SSWMB has failed to perform its duties.

He said that the Chinese companies asked to clean the city were not paid off due to which they have stopped lifting garbage from parts of the city.

Information Minister Saeed Ghani while responding to it said that the SSWMB was not responsible for lifting door to door garbage instead the responsibility was given to the Chinese companies but they did not perform well.

'We have not stopped their dues instead we have only halted advance payments and will only pay them when they will perform,' said the minister.

He admitted that they were unable to lift garbage in the city as planned due to some court orders and Chinese companies.

He, however, said that the garbage backlog in the...

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