Two Chinese firms of sanitation warned.

KARACHI -- The city administration on Wednesday warned that action would be taken against two Chinese companies tasked with disposal of solid waste in districts West and Malir as per law if they failed to fulfil their responsibilities.

Officials said that the warning to the firms was issued in a meeting held to review the state of cleanliness in the city with Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani in the chair.

They said that the meeting participants also discussed the performance of the Chinese companies in the cleanliness campaign carried out by the provincial government.

The sources said that managing director of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) Asif Ikram, all deputy commissioners and all municipal commissioners of the district municipal committees and representatives of the both the Chinese firms were present in the meeting.

They said that the SSWMB MD and DCs of South, East and Malir briefed the commissioner about the non-implementation of the contract saying that the companies were not fulfilling responsibilities regarding garbage lifting and disposal in the...