Citizens are protesting the establishment of Dumping and Transfer Station (DTS) by Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) in the Ladies Park owned by PHA.
RWMC has occupied Ladies Park and adjacent area, which was earlier under use of weekly bazaar and set up DTS there. RWMC dumps tons of garbage and filth which is collected from all the localities of Rawalpindi and then shifted through trucks outside the city.
When contacted Raja Hanif advocate said that alternative site will be provided for Ladies Park and walls are being erected around the park.
Malik Ibrar Ahmad MNA said RWMC should not have set up DTS in Ladies Park as garbage could be shifted by parking jumbo vehicles outside the city and directly shifting the garbage to them through small vehicles.
MD RWMC Irfan Qureshi said that he was shifting his office at the site and district management will provide alternative site for Ladies Park in the rear of Moti Mahal cinema.
PHA, RDA, WASA employees, press club members and citizens have demanded that DTS be removed from the Ladies Park.
