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AMRITSAR: After having failed to successfully run its much hyped solid waste management (SWM) project, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation has now sought help from Lahore Waste Management Company to make the holy city clean.
"We are here to share our experiences with officials of municipal corporations of Punjab and explain how we have been successful in running SWM project in Lahore" said the general manager, Lahore Waste Management Company Wasim Azmal while talking to TOI on Monday.
Wasim along with the general manger and manger of company Khalid Mazid and Asif Iqbal respectively had arrived in India to share their experiences and guide MC officials on SWM project. He said Turkish companies had invested more than 80 million dollars in Lahore and have brought in special vehicles, washers and other specialized machinery for collecting and disposal of waste.
"A similar pattern can be launched here also" said he. Wasim said that the Turkish companies had created a state of art waste disposal facility for the recycling of the waste and its conversion into energy. He informed that the company had given a presentation to the deputy CM of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal during his visit to Pakistan wherein Sukhbir had shown keen interest in the SWM project.
Following Sukhbir's visit a high powered delegation including officials of local body, urban development and municipal commissioners of Bathinda and Ludhiana had visited Lahore.
"Ours is a follow up visit where we will share our experiences of the project and would also try to gain knowledge of running municipal affairs from Indian Municipal Corporation officials" he said. Amritsar Municipal Corporation had signed a MoU with a Mumbai based company for the disposal of waste but the project failed to run successfully.
About the fund scarcity and lack of staff strength among most of the municipal corporations in Punjab, Wasim said, "We also have similar problems, but there is a solution, funds can be raised as had happened in Lahore".
He said the delegates would be visiting Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Chandigarh besides Amritsar
Lahore waste management company to help make Amritsar clean - The Times of India
"We are here to share our experiences with officials of municipal corporations of Punjab and explain how we have been successful in running SWM project in Lahore" said the general manager, Lahore Waste Management Company Wasim Azmal while talking to TOI on Monday.
Wasim along with the general manger and manger of company Khalid Mazid and Asif Iqbal respectively had arrived in India to share their experiences and guide MC officials on SWM project. He said Turkish companies had invested more than 80 million dollars in Lahore and have brought in special vehicles, washers and other specialized machinery for collecting and disposal of waste.
"A similar pattern can be launched here also" said he. Wasim said that the Turkish companies had created a state of art waste disposal facility for the recycling of the waste and its conversion into energy. He informed that the company had given a presentation to the deputy CM of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal during his visit to Pakistan wherein Sukhbir had shown keen interest in the SWM project.
Following Sukhbir's visit a high powered delegation including officials of local body, urban development and municipal commissioners of Bathinda and Ludhiana had visited Lahore.
"Ours is a follow up visit where we will share our experiences of the project and would also try to gain knowledge of running municipal affairs from Indian Municipal Corporation officials" he said. Amritsar Municipal Corporation had signed a MoU with a Mumbai based company for the disposal of waste but the project failed to run successfully.
About the fund scarcity and lack of staff strength among most of the municipal corporations in Punjab, Wasim said, "We also have similar problems, but there is a solution, funds can be raised as had happened in Lahore".
He said the delegates would be visiting Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Chandigarh besides Amritsar
Lahore waste management company to help make Amritsar clean - The Times of India
