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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah met with chairman Fan Manguao of the Changyi Kangjie Sanitation Group, the firm recently contracted to provide garbage clean-up and disposal services in Karachi, in China on Friday
During the meeting, the company assured CM Shah that they would start their work in two districts of Karachi by the last week of January.
“[Our] machinery will reach Karachi on January 6 and within 10 days of its arrival, it will be cleared from the port,” said Manguao.
He added that his company will be able to start work most probably by the end of January or the first week of February.
“We will distribute dustbins home to home, and our lifting vehicles will collect them from the [designated] areas,” explained the chairman.
The Sindh government has been struggling to contain Karachi's garbage emergency. In neighbourhoods across the city, mounds of garbage can be seen steadily piling up, often creating hurdles for foot and vehicular traffic.
There is no reliable data on the amount of solid waste the metropolis generates on a daily basis, though estimates suggest it runs into thousands of tonnes.
Much of the waste ends up in dumps, alleyways and open spaces, where it remains for weeks if not longer. Some of it is burnt in bonfires that are feared to create health and environmental hazards.
MoU to produce electricity from garbage signed
The Sindh government also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to produce electricity from garbage and agricultural waste in Karachi and other parts of Sindh.
The agreement was signed during CM Shah's visit to the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) in Beijing.
Under the MoU, CSIC and its sister company Dewe Group Holding Co. Ltd (DGHOL) will produce electricity from garbage lifted in Karachi, a spokesman for the Sindh CM told DawnNews.
The Chinese company will also generate power from agricultural waste collected from rural areas of Sindh, he said.
Besides shipbuilding, the CSIC has expertise in producing electricity from garbage. It is also involved in producing wind power, the spokesman said.
The agreement was signed by Sindh Board of Investment Chairperson Naheed Memon, CSIC Vice President Qian Jianping and DGHOL Vice President Ji Yutao.
The two companies will send their experts to Sindh to asses the investment required and decide a way forward.
During the meeting, CM Murad also invited CSIC to initiate a wind power generation project in Sindh. A team from the Chinese company will visit Sindh to look into wind power, the CM's spokesman said.
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Dec 30, 2016 03:46pm
In that case, we will soon have surplus power..
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Dec 30, 2016 03:49pm
CM is still signing MoU ... nobody knows weather it'll implement or not... Sindh was signing MoU on Karachi circular railway from Japan from last 20 years !!!!!
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Dec 30, 2016 04:03pm
People who have been all this while unjustifiably blaming the new CM of Sindh
Mr.Murad Ali Shah for all the problems of Karachi especially the garbage will get
the biggest surprise of their lives.Well done Mr.Chief Minister.
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Dec 30, 2016 04:03pm
So somewhere in the corridors of Power in the Sindh government, a light came on, and came the bright idea of recycling garbage to produce electricity? Don't say there is no bright light in the harbor here.
Karachi alone produces enough garbage to produce enough electricity to solve the chronic shortage! After all, there is a light at the end of the stinking tunnel!!!
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Dec 30, 2016 04:13pm
Oh I see the reason for not lifting Karachi garbage since long!
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Dec 30, 2016 04:18pm
This is the only way to keep the city clean
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Dec 30, 2016 04:28pm
CM Sahab now you are feeding use with good news everyday. my humble plea to you is please make sure that these projects get completed in more or less the same sequence as they are announced. lest we forget them.
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Dec 30, 2016 04:32pm
Sounds great.
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Dec 30, 2016 04:38pm
Sindh government, finally doing something to solve the electricity shortage?
What a load of garbage!
Oh but wait, there is plenty of it around, just in Karachi, to export to rest of the country!!!
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Dec 30, 2016 04:43pm
If they are able to generate elwctricity from garbage, soon Pakistan will bw exporting energy to rest of the world.
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Dec 30, 2016 04:59pm
We do not believe Sindh Govt, if they perform we will all support them. I don't think it will happen during our life time.
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Dec 30, 2016 05:07pm
Just Can't believe that the Sindh Gvt will do something to make Karachi clean and minimize its citizens long suffering.
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Dec 30, 2016 05:25pm
Except elected representatives of Karachi everyone else was taken to China
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Dec 30, 2016 05:31pm
If Pakistan needs foreign expertise to clear its garbage then I doubt how will it be able to run its Govt and the industries. I would not be surprised that in future it may float a tender for the Govt to be administered by a foreign company!!!
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Dec 30, 2016 05:43pm
The ruling people from interior Sindh have turned Karachi into a village/goth in order to feel themselves at home. The living standard of people of Karachi has gone well below unimaginable in the past. Who will raise voice on this injustice as the elected members of Karachi are peacefully playing in the hands of establishment.
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Dec 30, 2016 05:57pm
If there is will and determination then everything is possible. A good initiative taken by CM and hope it will start in its proposed time and most importantly it should be sustained.
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Dec 30, 2016 06:41pm
And Mustafa kamal as mayor did by the power of his will and excellent governance. The incompetent and corrupt can't even emulate MK. We have the talent but not in the right positions.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:05pm
Soon the CM's job will also be outsourced to a Chinese firm as well. With any luck the party's election campaign can also be handled by a Chinese firm. That is a winning proposition and smart thinking.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:19pm
This is called total takeover of economy. First investment in everything then buy out stock exchange, grabs nuclear reactors tender now even a sanitation project is being implemented by Chinese help. Good play by chineese, exploring the opportunities available due absence or ineffectiveness of local functionaries. Cheers.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:22pm
@Shamshad.very well said Mr shamsgad.Thanks for your comment.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:22pm
so why is it that Govt cannot take care of something as simple as garbage and ahs to hire a chinese company. Karachi used to be clean before 8yrs go when PPP came back into power. What is KWSB for? why no powers to mayor?
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Dec 30, 2016 07:23pm
Karachites I hope you are not feeling the pressure to provide uninterrupted supply of material required to generate electricity
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Dec 30, 2016 07:30pm
So Federal, Provincial, Local governements, KMC, serveral government organizations cannot even organize basic cleaning for a major business hub of the country.
They all get their salaries and perks!
We expect these people to lead the country and improve lives of the people..
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Dec 30, 2016 07:33pm
@Thakur Indians have always nightmares of Chinese !
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Dec 30, 2016 07:36pm
Deciding about the fate of Karachi with no Karachite in sight !
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Dec 30, 2016 07:41pm
What a shame. Karachiites are not even allowed to clean their own garbage.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:43pm
@Thakur Not sure what you mean, however collaboration and being self aware of lack of skills and ability to seek competencies is leadership. CM is a smart, I just hope he is not derailed by Mr. Zardari & Co.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:44pm
What a shame; the country needs foreign service & expertise even to dispose off its trash.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:51pm
@Zak Outsiurcing such jobs and tasks mean one thing that the local business community and government incompetent. Thankyou China for bringing our cities in some decipline and thank you again.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:52pm
Let us hope for best of luck,and grand services from our Chinese friend, Karachiites must fully cooperate with Chinese. The next priority should be reforming the police, by withdrawing police from all VIP duty, and only allocating them to peoples' duty.
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Dec 30, 2016 07:53pm
As a citizen of Karachi, I am thrilled to read the news; a cleaning program for Karachi. I love it. it was overdue. However, as a citizen of this country, I am appalled by the style of this country's civilian governance. The decision to hire a cleaning company of a foreign country to clean our cities like Lahore and Karachi etc. suggests two plausible scenarios: (I) Either our country is so affluent that our people do not need to engage in a menial work like this. Or, the civilian governments of this nation are unable to manage any reasonable administrative program effectively-- including the cleaning of its streets. Time to think about it: We, the people, tend to get rid of the effective and efficient governments because they happen to be non-civilian [rightfully so] but in favor of the non-military governments that have no desire to serve its people. Go figure!
Things might be different, if we could trust our governments and our governments could trust its people. It's a big IF!
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Dec 30, 2016 07:59pm
This is pathetic that Pakistani cannot even clean their garbage. The need China's assistance in cleaning the garbage.
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Dec 30, 2016 08:11pm
Pakistan will be superpower.
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Dec 30, 2016 08:15pm
We must be quite rich to have a house keeping maid.may be some one in Sind administration don't not realize that it is not his menssion but the province he is talking about..I guess it is beneath us to be cleaning our own mess...welcome to pskistan...
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Dec 30, 2016 08:26pm
We can't keep hygiene in check and now China is cleaning our mess..
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Dec 30, 2016 08:26pm
Has anyone seen filth In Chinese cities?
Singapore or any city in Japan is far cleaner.
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Dec 30, 2016 08:29pm
It is a Joke to have CHINA come and clean up our largest city...height of Incompetence
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Dec 30, 2016 08:37pm
Hopefully Chinese can teach proper disposal of garbage to all citizens of Pakistan and maybe other civic duties.
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Dec 30, 2016 08:40pm
What will be the commission of PPP in all this? People are job less in our country and we are seeking foreign help for waste management. Bravo PPP and PML-N governments. God have mercy on Pakistan.
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Dec 30, 2016 08:52pm
What would be total cost in Pak rupees and compares to sweepers gets paid?
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Dec 30, 2016 08:52pm
@mghusein9@gmail.co.uk totally agree. I am kind of surprised by govt's this move. Govt. needs to develop this kind of ability at home and not look for external parties to help them.
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Dec 30, 2016 08:54pm
What a Shame, these fellows can't even keep their cities clean?
Need foreigners to pick garbage?? Really
Garbage pick-up is done by local municipal workers even in third world countries and this is provincial government talking about Chinese help clearing garbage, to say the least is SHOCKING.
Well wisher
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Dec 30, 2016 09:13pm
What! Pakistanis cannot clean their own garbage.
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Dec 30, 2016 09:22pm
Looks Like Pakistan does not have technology nor resources to even clean it's streets. What a shame to hire other country to clean Karachi's dirt. It does not require world class technology to pickup garbage and dump them. I feel like laughing that Pakistan can make nuclear weapons but cannot solve low technological garbage problem.
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Dec 30, 2016 09:52pm
Millions jobless in pakistan and govt is outsourcing jobs to china. Are there no local private contractor in pakistan to take care of the job?
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Dec 30, 2016 10:16pm
Something good to be heard of this government after a long time. Garbage cleanup and circular railway are good omen for Karachities and I wish they may also witness something tangible, beyond MoUs.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:20pm
Why can't we do this job by ourselves ?
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Dec 30, 2016 10:24pm
@Shamshad There is no interior or exterior Govt.of Sindh.There is only Provincial Govt.of Sindh like the other Provinces of Pakistan.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:27pm
fantastic; even for garbage cleaning china"s firm is getting contract?
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Dec 30, 2016 10:27pm
@mghusein9@gmail.co.uk : Well commented. It shows height of incompetency, lack of any vision and no capability of our bureaucracy and administrators. Are they sleeping?
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Dec 30, 2016 10:32pm
Good move, this Chinese firm should be given a free hand to do the job properly. Karachi will soon look clean & tidy.
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Dec 30, 2016 11:01pm
Why can't Pakistani firms do this ? Don't we need the jobs?
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Dec 30, 2016 11:17pm
Our desperate countrymen will take the garbage bins home to earn some extra bucks .
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Dec 30, 2016 11:18pm
They'll charge both for garbage management and electricity...
It'll bleed budgets big-time! Very big time!!
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Dec 30, 2016 11:33pm
Actions speak louder than words. I will reserve my praises for the CM till this happens.
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Dec 30, 2016 11:57pm
Garbage collection outsourced to China. Bravo!
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Dec 31, 2016 12:00am
Very shameful agreement. What message are we sending to the world that we can not even clean our cities. There is nothing great in producing electricity from garbage, several third world countries are doing this. Sindh government planned this for several years by not lifting garbage to make case for awarding this work to Chinese firm. Sindh government will never do any thing unless there is big cut in it. Terms and conditions, method of collection and disposal and quantification of garbage for payment should be made public.
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Dec 31, 2016 12:07am
Is our wishes abt to come true??
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Dec 31, 2016 12:17am
I find it extraordinary that we have to ask the Chinese to carry to out a basic function of civil governance.
If they bring something new to the game, all well and good, but am struggling to see it.
We have no civic pride, garbage is all of our responsibility
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Dec 31, 2016 12:15am
So it is confirmed. The people of Karachi are either so rich that they can afford to pay a foreign firm to remove garbage or so inept that they cannot even take care of their own garbage.
Why couldn't a local firm do this?
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Dec 31, 2016 12:22am
Salam to all,
So Pakistanis are not capable of cleaning up their cities so they have to hire a foreign country to that job for them. Shame .
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Dec 31, 2016 12:36am
If Pakistan needs China for garbage collection, is this an admission that no Pakistani company is competent enough to do this job?
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Dec 31, 2016 01:44am
unecessary supply demand garbage should be eliminated by percentage!, since the contents are hazardous!,
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Dec 31, 2016 01:48am
how will they pay for it?
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Dec 31, 2016 01:51am
If Pakistan needs foreign expertise to clear its garbage then I doubt how they boast have to their own nuclear missiles..may be copycat
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Dec 31, 2016 02:17am
PPP is soon going to sign MoU with Chinese government to run Sindh government on behalf of PPP. Another MoU would be to run judiciary and police in Sindh, supplying their own manpower.
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Dec 31, 2016 02:20am
Wait and watch; another case of mega corruption offing.
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Dec 31, 2016 02:37am
Chinese this and Chinese that. I'm tired of this. Why not just clean our city outselves?
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Dec 31, 2016 02:53am
It is a pity that Karachi cannot handle even its own trash.
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Dec 31, 2016 04:06am
Shame that we even need foreign help to clear our garbage. First foreign products & now foreign services. Only a miracle can save pakistan from massive unemployment & the mess we are taking into by our elected incompetent leaders.
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Dec 31, 2016 04:18am
@Jamil Soomro, NEW YORK CITY : Strange that you live in New york but still have some hope from Sindh government.
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Dec 31, 2016 04:31am
We wish Changyi Kangjie Sanitation Group success in achieving the impossible, Godspeed and Goodluck.
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Dec 31, 2016 04:40am
China's collaboration in converting Karachi's garbage to generation of electricity is yet another bit of achievement and goodwill between friendly neighbors
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Dec 31, 2016 05:16am
What does municipality of Karachi doing then? Close them down and save tax money that is being given in the name of salary.
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Dec 31, 2016 05:30am
That's progress - paying the Chinese good money to do the most basic tasks of a society.
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Dec 31, 2016 05:51am
@mghusein9@gmail.co.uk if that happens it would be a very fortunate thing.
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Dec 31, 2016 06:27am
How inept PPP's Sindh government is that it can't clean its own garbage? It required help of Chinese firm to do the cleaning job! Why don't Murad Ali Shah along with PPP Bourgeois give contract to Chinese firm to clean their house as well? These ought to be uprooted out of politics once for all!
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Dec 31, 2016 07:13am
Tomorrow we will ask the Chinese to come and cultivate our farms and feed the animals. What a bunch of lazy people and incompetent government we have in this land.
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Dec 31, 2016 07:18am
Finally some breath of a fresh air ! Wonder when it will turn into reality from MOU, and why do we need foreign help to just cleanup !
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Dec 31, 2016 07:21am
After reading it I had a nostalgia. There was an old saying in my native. It's like, I got the mangos from your field make some pickles and in exchange with those pickles I bought grains from you.
I'm not very good at English so pardon me for my mistakes. Thank you.
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Dec 31, 2016 09:23am
So what was this government doing for the last so many years? Keep signing Mou and keep dreaming.
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Dec 31, 2016 10:23am
@Umair New York City has been my home for very many years.Like other Pakistanis
living in America,my roots are in Sindh. I am hopeful for the uplift and progress of
Sindh be it by the present Sindh Govt.or the new Sindh Govt.in 2018.
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Dec 31, 2016 12:42pm
Nothing can succeed until we still have Mafia people who throw cement bags in gutters just to blame others.
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Dec 31, 2016 10:23pm
It's really shame to see that this newly appointed chief minister of Sindh, is unable to sort out the rubbish collection in the province. It's not a proud solution to say a Chinese firm will do it for us!
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Jan 01, 2017 08:16pm
In reality, this is for sure an uphill and almost impossible task to accomplish and achieve satisfactorily.
Let's hope for the best, be prepared for the worst and leave the rest to God Almighty.
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Jan 02, 2017 03:02pm
Our Politicians cannot even manage garbage collection, how can they manage the city or country. All they know is blaming opposition or others for not doing the work.
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