Local Government Minister Punjab Zeeshan Rafique has said that after the success of the first phase of the “Suthra Punjab program”, the second and third phases are being started simultaneously.
During the second phase, provision of equal facilities of municipal services in rural and urban areas will be ensured.
Addressing a press conference during his visit to Daska, Sialkot today, he said at the tehsil level and in rural areas, there will be deputed one sentry worker for every 250 houses who will be responsible for cleaning the streets, collecting garbage from houses and cleaning sewage etc.
“To ensure this, the cleaning and sanitation system will be outsourced at the tehsil level.
Garbage collected from houses and markets will first be transferred to temporary collection points” he told.
The minister said that digital monitoring of the new sanitation system will be done in rural and urban areas.
“To recycle the garbage collected at the village and ward level, 10 recycling plants will be established at the divisional level to convert the garbage into energy and compost, while the remaining garbage will be disposed of in landfill sites to meet modern requirements”, he said.
He further said that it will be made safe in all respects by acting accordingly so that the environment can be made human friendly.
