PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Faisal Amin Gandapur has directed all the sanitation agencies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to quickly dispose of wastes of sacrificial animals during Eidul Azha.
The local government department has also cancelled the Eid holidays of the municipal, sanitation and water supply and local area authorities staff throughout the province, according to a statement issued here on Saturday.
The minister directed all the local government and municipal authorities to closely supervise implementation of the government instructions and ensure cleaning up the animals’ wastes soon after the Eidul Azha prayers early in the morning at street, city, town and village level till fifth day of the Eidul Azha.
He said that cabinet members and senior officials would also pay surprise visits to different cities of the province to personally see the cleanliness situation there during Eid days.
The minister said that local government department prepared a comprehensive plan ahead of Eidul Azha for cleaning of cities, which would continue till July 15.
He said that besides the municipal authorities in big cities, all the village and neighbourhood councils’ secretaries were clearly directed to arrange meetings with elected chairmen to create awareness among residents of their respective towns regarding the cleanliness campaign. He said that thy directed to hold meetings with prayer leaders and urge them to shed light on importance of cleanliness in their Eid sermons and ensure disposal of animals waste.
The minister said that the municipal officials were tasked to pinpoint the garbage collection points to the local people and muster their support in Eid cleanliness drive.
He said the town municipal officers (TMOs) and assistant directors of local government department would be duty bound to personally check garbage disposal process in their respective areas while the progress officers would be responsible to collect data from tehsil supervisors that would be submitted to the central IT cell of local government secretariat in Peshawar in consolidated form for onward submission to the provincial government high-ups on daily basis.
The minister said that he himself would monitor the cleanliness and garbage disposal process round the clock and would also inspect various locations without any priority notice.
Those showing any kind of lethargy in cleanliness and garbage disposal drive during Eid days would be dealt with iron hand, he said.
Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2022