Citizens who identify people throwing trash around Karachi to be awarded Rs100,000, says Saeed Ghani
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Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani on Tuesday announced that the provincial government will award Rs100,000 to any person who "films and identifies people who throw garbage" on the streets of Karachi.
While talking to the media, Ghani announced two mobile numbers where citizens will be able to send videos of people throwing trash around the city through WhatsApp. Citizens can send videos on 0300-0074296 and 0300-0084296.
The provincial minister told reporters that he had personally witnessed people purposely dumping heaps of garbage on roads and said that those who "claimed that they have inherited the city" were polluting Karachi.
"This is a conspiracy to damage the cleanliness drive," he said. The minister promised that identity of citizens who reported such incidents will be kept secret.
He said that the Sindh government had to bear extra costs because of some elements who choked sewerage lines and break water pipes on purpose. He added that in addition to garbage, debris was also dumped on roads, which was a crime.
On Sunday, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had made similar remarks and said that "so-called friends of Karachi" had choked 24 dia sewers in the city's Malir 15 area by placing boulders and stones which would have led to leakage to sewerage water on the metropolis' main roads.
The Sindh government last week initiated a cleanliness campaign dubbed Clean My Karachi after facing criticism over failure to clean the metropolis.
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Sep 24, 2019 04:47pm
I would request the Sindh Government as a citizen of Pakistan we do not require or hungry for those 100,000.00 rewards . We would just request the concern department to take stern action against whom the complained is lodged with proof
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Sep 24, 2019 04:48pm
So do you expect people to store trash at their homes? Rather than fixing the system, here is the usual dramay bazi by our politicians
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Sep 24, 2019 04:50pm
Very good. Implement to complete Sindh. Let other people enjoy cleanliness. Also fine feudals who pollute water with fertilizers
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Sep 24, 2019 04:55pm
Anybody hungery would be ready to help close one to get 1 Lac reward for getting minor punishment. Very bad decision.
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Sep 24, 2019 04:57pm
Saeed Ghan did not mention the alternate places/containers to dump garbage. If the residents will have no alternatives they will throw it on the streets/roads.
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Sep 24, 2019 05:23pm
Wow, nice legal way to provide government tax money to fellow jayalaas to put in their bank accounts!
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Sep 24, 2019 05:29pm
Very Good, but....
there is one small problem.... do you have money?
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Sep 24, 2019 05:31pm
@Jamil, this is more of a habit. People are not civic in nature in Pakistan. They only believe in family values but no training or leaning of being civic in the society. Carrot and stick us a good model.
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Sep 24, 2019 05:41pm
I really appreciate the way he explained.. The strict rules be made and the concern departments should take timely action..
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Sep 24, 2019 05:59pm
Wait, is this another way for Sindh Govt. to rake in money in the name of awarding people who identify the polluters??
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Sep 24, 2019 06:03pm
With 60% of the 13,000 tons of garbage produced daily remaining on the temporary waste dumps, one fails to understand purpose & effectiveness of this Quixotic solution to mismanagement, inefficiency & apathy of the Sind govt. to solve proper solid waste collection and disposal. This is a known fact that all of the 50 major hospitals producing highly infectious medical waste lack scientific treatment & incineration facilities & can be traced easily through printed supplier’s information on used injection cartridges etc. and this method can similarly applied to trace source of non infectious wastes too.
Beside wasting time & money on non ending controversial litigation, the govt. must manage to, 1.Employ more equipment/machinery for total disposal of solid waste, 2.Direct hospitals to deliver their wastes direct after treatment to KMC incinerators, 3.Create more waste transfer stations/ landfill site & remove encroachments on 40 drainage nallahs & their outfalls 4. Ban plastic bags use
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Sep 24, 2019 06:08pm
Are there proper places in each street where garbage can be thrown? If yes, then what Minister is saying make sense!
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Sep 24, 2019 06:14pm
Provide bins, dumpsters, pickup facilities and services or let us bring our garbage to your door.
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Sep 24, 2019 06:15pm
Who would trust Sindh Government with cash awards?
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Sep 24, 2019 06:17pm
People should eat more and produce less garbage during cleanliness week. Store plastic bags in garages for just one week. When cleanliness drive over then put it on garbage bins outside homes in streets if find any otherwise purchase a recycle plant.
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Sep 24, 2019 06:21pm
Please create energy plant by importing a technology transfer from europian countries and generate free electricity to provide to citizens in a subsidise rates not to rich struggling communities to a limited time.
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Sep 24, 2019 06:30pm
a compulsive order... this decision could have been made way back in 90s. why now ?. to stay afloat in politics only ?.
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Sep 24, 2019 07:14pm
@Jamil,
Mr. Jamil,
You are right.
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Sep 24, 2019 07:26pm
As they will give money.
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Sep 24, 2019 07:37pm
Would citizens be able to take the Sindh government to court for bouncing cheques due to insufficient funds.
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Sep 24, 2019 07:42pm
It is a good message to send to the general public.
Loitering is neither desirable nor acceptable, but lot to be done on the government side.
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Sep 24, 2019 07:48pm
What a Joke ! This guy is clue less; Citizens are helpless. His offer is more difficult to realize than cleaning Karachi !
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Sep 24, 2019 07:48pm
Super idea sir ji!!!
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Sep 24, 2019 07:51pm
But they are inviting us to throw garbage on the streets by placing garbage bins by the sides of roads?
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Sep 24, 2019 07:52pm
Why the Sindh Govt. not implementing article 140 A empowering people at grassroots according to 18 amendments
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Sep 24, 2019 07:52pm
The money will likely be pocketed by the corrupt PPP. Isn’t the dismal state of Karachi because of their poor performance and corruption in the first place?
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Sep 24, 2019 07:55pm
@Jamil, People are paying tax to KW&SB and afghani to collect garbage from home..garbage collection is the responsibility of Sindh Govt.since solid waste management taken by Sindh Govt. from KMC
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Sep 24, 2019 08:06pm
I thought that is what politicians do most of the time, throwing garbage around.
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Sep 24, 2019 08:20pm
Its all about money and mafias. Trash will remain there as ever.
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Sep 24, 2019 08:38pm
Fine the culprits heavily and put in jail.
Also tatoo on forehead " Garbage thrower".
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Sep 24, 2019 08:40pm
Saeed Ghani : Super Genius - a noble prize laureate for Cleaner World
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Sep 24, 2019 08:52pm
@Shahbaz, Does your statement makes sense. Extraordinary poor Civic sense among Karachites is one of the reasons of Garbage mountains.
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Sep 24, 2019 08:54pm
@Jamil, Those who don't have sense, are talking about sensibilities. Come on.
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Sep 24, 2019 08:55pm
@Waqas, MQM
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Sep 24, 2019 09:14pm
The Information Minister should get "inform" himself of the fact that these are the KMC garbage disposal trucks which are throwing garbage around Karachi..... so a handful no. of KMC Workers can be awarded bounty for mentioning their fellow workers of the fault. This way he can "justifiably" offer rewards to the faultering KMC employees and their begot bosses.
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Sep 24, 2019 09:45pm
Why give such a huge incentive? Even a relatively paltry 1000 Rs for helping catch one person throwing trash would have been enough to spawn a cottage industry of self-employed cam-warriors.
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Sep 24, 2019 09:51pm
Brilliant idea by the Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani.The Conspirators who have so far
been responsible for the extreme misery of the people of Karachi vis-a-vis the stinking garbage
will be finally exposed.Everyone should cooperate with him in getting rid of the garbage menace once for all and make Karachi like that of 1950.
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Sep 24, 2019 10:42pm
@Abdul Wahab, It is for general public to be eyes and ears and report illegal activities to the concerned departments ( Pakistani human beings) for the good of the country for all including Maulana Fazalur Rehman.
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Sep 24, 2019 10:45pm
People found throwing kuchra on roads will be fined, this statement by the minister is absurd because there in no system in place to collect kuchra from door to door or a
place (in every neighborhood) has been provided where people can deposit kuchra. There is no system to transport kuchra from a locality on daily bases to landfill sites out of city. Government of Sindh has itself accepted that it has no capacity to lift daily all generated kuchra to land fill sites one third is left on roads. Ministers allegation that purposely some miscreant are damaging water lines and blocking sewers should be supported by evidence.Here public should make videos and send to the minister. Video should be authentic with proof of location and date. A useful tip, Sindh government should take charge of horticulture and parks from KMC as these are golden mines for making money.
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Sep 24, 2019 11:12pm
Rs.1 Lakh and that also to be given by the PPP? the money will first be pocketed by the corrupt members of the PPP.
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Sep 24, 2019 11:14pm
Another PR statement...PPP needs to get rid of Garbage from Karachi or else People of Karachi are ready to trash PPP!
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Sep 24, 2019 11:31pm
What utter nonsense! They can't even supply clean uncontaminated water to the citizens since decades. Where is the 100,000 rupees coming from to pay someone for snitching on their neighbour? If they have so much money to throw around, how about using it to clean up their act.
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Sep 24, 2019 11:45pm
Mr. Saeed Ghani,
Your statement is laughable.
Where are dust bins and containers for trash?
You are not in the sense.
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Sep 25, 2019 04:43am
@Shahbaz, No he is right, throwing trash on street will give you heavy fines and put you in jail in some countries
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Sep 25, 2019 12:14pm
@riz1, The money is not to come out of his own pocket or from his party members or owners. This is tax money collected from the tax-payers of this city and he has found a new way to pay his henchmen legally (at least the records will show that).
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Sep 25, 2019 01:35pm
Those people, who are putting blocks in gutter in Karachi specially in Landhi, Korangi, Gulistane Jaouhar and Nazimabad etc. etc. they have arms and ammunitions and how a common citizen can dare to identify them neither can catch them while they are doing this act of blocking gutters in in the night time, in these areas of Karachi. Please warn all sweepers to open the gutter in all manner, otherwise terminate them and arrest the culprits by Sindh governmental strategy.
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