KHYBER: The officials of tehsil municipal administration (TMA) in collaboration with local councillors have decided to display the photos and names of all sweepers in Landi Kotal bazaar to ensure their presence at duty places.

In a meeting held in Landi Kotal on Monday, they decided that banners having photos and names of sweepers would be displayed at prominent places of the bazaar to inform shopkeepers and traders about their duty timings and points where the sweepers were deputed.

TMA officials said that there were 12 permanent and 22 daily wager sweepers in Landi Kotal bazaar but most of them remained absent from their duty, leaving the bazaar filthy and unclean for several days.

They said that the display of their photos would alert the sweepers about their duty timings while the shopkeepers would report their absence to the authorities on time.

They also complained about shortage of funds for running their affairs and demanded of the authorities to ensure early release of their funds.

Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2022