KARACHI, Nov 25: The city is generating about 9,000 tons of domestic and industrial solid waste daily which should be entirely disposed of in line with the environmentally sound methods.

This was stated by Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Dr Sagheer Ahmed on Saturday.

He said about 8,000 tons of solid waste were being generated daily in 18 towns of the city, in addition to 1,000 tons of industrial garbage. About 40 per cent of the waste is being eliminated in a wrong manner by different agencies at various dumping points, adding to the pollution significantly.

He criticised the transfer of solid waste in open vehicles to designated landfill sites, saying that thus half of the waste was dropped on roads, which was again causing environmental degradation.