LAHORE, May 23: The City District Government Lahore’s attempt to privatize sanitation of 67 major roads has fallen through owing to a poor response from the private sector and its failure to present suitable equipment for the purpose. The Waste Busters was the only company which offered its services for keeping the roads clean in response to CDGL’s offer. The company informed the CDGL that it would bring in mechanical sweepers for cleaning roads and charge Rs100 per kilometre for the service.
The CDGL examined the company’s offer and directed its highups to arrange a demonstration of its work in Gulberg. The performance of the secondhand mechanical sweeper brought by the Waste Busters for the demonstration, however, was not found satisfactory.
District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood watched the demonstration along with solid waste management officials and turned down the offer.
ENCROACHMENTS: The City District Government Lahore and Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Municipal Administration will remove encroachments on Allama Iqbal Road, Nicholson Road, McLeod Road, Landa Bazaar, Fort Road and Bilal Ganj Bazaar under a directive of chief secretary Kamran Rasul.
EDO (Revenue) Dr Nazir Akhtar Warraich on Monday directed the district officer and deputy district officers (City) and (Cantt) to convene a meeting of their areas’ traders and ask them to remove encroachments within two days.
The encroachments should be removed by force after the deadline.
EMERGENCY WARD: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said the newly-built 20-bed emergency ward will start functioning after training of nurses and paramedical staff next year.
Inspecting the ward and two operation theatres completed at a cost of Rs70 million during a visit to the hospital here on Monday, the district nazim said that 24-hour emergency medical cover would be available at the ward.
The medical superintendent informed the district nazim that nursing school and paramedical staff classes were being started at the hospital from July to train 30 nurses and an equal number of paramedical staff officials for the emergency ward. Nine doctors would also be recruited.
The district nazim assured the administration of assistance for getting the hospital registered with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and provision of funds for purchase of books for the library and training of nurses and paramedical staff.
He advised the administration to form a citizen community board for the provision of modern facilities at the hospital.