The CM was presiding over a meeting at the CM House. Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Shah, P&D chairperson Naheed Shah, KWSB Director General Asadullah Khan and other official concerned were all present at the occasion.
The project will be funded by the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); with 40% of the finances individually provided by these organisations. The Sindh government would contribute to 20% of the project finances.
The CM also agreed to work with a Turkish company on a public-private partnership (PPP) model to initiate a solid waste management programme. Under the project, the company would be responsible for door-to-door collection of garbage and its transfer to the garbage transfer stations (GTS). At GTS, the trash would be divided into municipal, hospital and industrial waste. The reusable waste would be utilised for power or gas generation and production of fertiliser, while the remaining trash would be set on fire in an ‘environmentally-friendly manner’.
