MULTAN: Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) has started work on master plan to improve the cleanliness system of the city in collaboration with Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved 15 million out of total 600 million US dollars loan under Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) phase II, Manager Operation MWMC Daud Makki said.
He said seven citizens across the province including Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rawalpindi and Sargodha were selected for the programme.
The MWMC manager said the Engineering Design and Construction Management (EDCM) consultants had submitted existing situation report after complete survey of the city on which ADB approved the loan.
He said the existing machinery, infrastructure and vehicles would be upgraded through it which would help to improve the city’s cleanliness system.
Makki said situation report sent to Local government and Community Development department Punjab and hoped that the company’s performance would improve further through the programme.
He said as per survey, every citizen generated half kilogramme waste daily and added that about 1000 to 1100 ton waste generated daily while company had capacity to lift 700 to 800 ton waste.
He said the company was striving hard to make the every knock and corner of the city neat and clean.