The Managing Director of Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB), Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah, has announced that two roads in the SITE industrial area will be made Model Roads in respect of cleanliness, garbage lifting, and door-to-door garbage collection.
He was addressing the SITE Association of Industry members on his visit the other day. High officials of his department accompanied him. Those present in the meeting included President of SITE Association, Chief Coordinator Saleem Parekh, Vice President Muhammad Riaz Dhedhi, former presidents Muhammad Kamran Arbi, Abdul Rasheed, Former SVP Saleem Nagaria, Hussain Moosani, Tariq Ali Nizamani (SSWMB), Saifullah (SITE LTD), Faheemuddin Shaikh (SITE LTD), Muhammad Kamran Lakhani, Abdul Rehman Fudda, Junaid-ur-Rehman, Ehtesham Rais, Muhammad Tahir Goreja and others.
The proposed Model Streets include Naurus to Dollar Road and NINA Street. While responding to a member’s complaint, Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah immediately announced the start of door-to-door garbage collection from industries. He clarified that MUCT is not the SSWMB tax and that KMC has no role in cleaning the area. On this occasion, he also gave garbage collection statistics from the city.
Earlier, the President of the SITE Association, Ahmed Azeem Alvi, welcomed the Chief Guest to the Association and appreciated him for sparing time on short notice for the meeting. He said that the SSWMB team is doing a wonderful job in SITE. The Association has launched a Clean & Green SITE drive, and the activities of SSWMB are being shared with members from the Association’s platform. He suggested making a few streets Model Streets.
Chief Coordinator Saleem Parekh, on this occasion, assured the MD SSWMB of the Association’s full support & cooperation in making the SITE area clean & green and added that the meeting had been convened to redress the issue of lack of coordination among the signatories of the MOA and to identify their role & responsibilities. He requested the MD SSWMB to send an introductory presentation for information on members. He further said that nullah cleaning is a big problem for the SITE area. He categorically mentioned that members desirous to see SITE clean must pay their SSWMB bill.
On this occasion, former SVP Saleem Nagaria briefed the members about SSWMB’s services and the agreement signed by SSWMB, SITE Limited, and SITE Association of Industry. He lauded the SSWMB team’s efforts in cleaning the area despite low collection and expressed the hope that the billing portal would help enhance SSWMB collections. During the past three years, he remarked that the SITE area has had a much better picture during monsoon rains.
