Tag: Garbage
LWMC workers’ strike spells misery for citizens
--Heaps of garbage across city irk people as LWMC sanitary workers’ strike against nonpayment of salaries enters fourth day
--Spokesperson says Rs60m paid to Turk...
Delay in site selection main hindrance behind stalled waste to energy...
- Foreign companies have shown desire to build the plants on Build Operate Transfer basis
-- Each plant to have capacity to generate 350 kilos...
Dysfunctional, archaic solid waste management system in capital ruining environment
-City managers despite eyeing Sangjani as new dumping site yet to make it functional
ISLAMABAD: After decades of dumping solid waste produced by the capital...
Swat River to be cleaned from waste, garbage
SWAT: Swat Additional Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Fawad Khan Sunday chaired a meeting to discuss measures needed to clear Swat River from pollution.
The meeting among...
2,397 tonnes of garbage removed under cleanliness campaign
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) Sanitation Department staff has removed over 2,397 tonnes of garbage under its special two-week long cleanliness campaign which will continue...
Visitors cause damage to Governor House on second day of opening
LAHORE: While the opening of the Punjab Governor House to public has been warmly welcomed by the people who wait in lines to visit the...
IMAGES: Public leave piles of garbage on Punjab Governor House opening...
Following its promise, the federal government opened the gates of Punjab Governor House for the public for the very first time on Sunday and...
CM Murad assures timely redressal of Sindh issues
‘Water crisis, solid waste management and public transport among top priorities’
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Tuesday that issues pertaining to...
Judicial commission summons garbage collection firms for violating terms of contract:...
KARACHI: Following the complaint of the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board chief, the Supreme Court-mandated commission on water and sanitation in Sindh on Monday...
From gutters and war zones, Pakistan’s colourful election candidates
ISLAMABAD: There is the ecologist, the "semi-corrupt", the opportunist, and the indestructible. Alongside Pakistan's mainstream politicians a battery of flamboyant candidates is contesting nationwide elections on...
Taj Mahal turns yellow and green due to pollution
AGRA: India’s white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th-century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city.
One of...
Minar-e-Pakistan rally: PHA seeks Rs2.40 mln compensation from PTI
--PTI launches anti-litter drive to clean up April 29 rally garbage from Greater Iqbal Park
LAHORE: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) on Tuesday decided...
Environment concerns force Philippines to close Boracay island for tourists
MANILA: The Philippines is closing its best-known holiday island Boracay to tourists for up to six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand...
Sindh govt to prosecute people littering public spaces
KARACHI: In a bid to ensure clean surroundings, Sindh government announced to prosecute those people who are found littering public spaces.
According to a notification...
PC-I to redesign landfills in Karachi approved on ‘scientific grounds’: report
KARACHI: The PC-I drafted by the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) to redesign the existing landfill site at Jam Chakro in the city...
CDA to install garbage electricity generation plant
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) is finalising a plan to install garbage electricity generation plant at a suitable place in the federal capital.
An official...
Newborn found dead in Clifton garbage dump
KARACHI: A newborn was found dead in a garbage dump in the Clifton area of the city on Thursday.
According to rescue sources, the body of a newborn...
