Waste disposal: Government given 30 days to come up with new plan

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PESHAWAR:The provincial government has been given a month to devise a proper plan for the disposal of waste in the provincial capital.

In case of failure, the court warned that the chief secretary would have to appear before the bench in person and explain the reasons.

A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprising Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Muhammad Ayub was hearing writ petition filed by Advocate Misraf Khan, who is seeking orders against the Water and Sanitation Services, Peshawar (WSSP) and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government for properly disposing of waste collected from across the city in residential areas of Khazar Khawani.

Misraf argued that the provincial government was not serious in setting up a proper sewage treatment plant despite the fact that land for it had been acquired along the Ring Road a long time ago.

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“Successive governments have never been serious in solving environmental issues,” Justice Qaiser observed.

Dr Bashir Khan, the director general of the K-P Environment Protection Agency, appeared before the court to explain the extent of environmental degradation faced by the city owing to the lack of proper waste disposal measures.

Dr Bashir pointed out that there were a number of ways for recycling waste, including power generation, composite waste disposal and others. However, the K-P government has done nothing on the ground nor does it have a proper plan for it.

“They are putting waste and other waste, collected from the city into a treatment plant which was designed for water treatment,” the provincial EPA chief said.

He added that the government has now decided to set up a waste disposal plant located far from the city. However, he said that there will be some environmental issues if the plant is built but it can be mitigated by planting trees and some other measures. Justice Qaiser strongly criticized the WSSP’s role in this regard. “You people are not even ready to help the people on this issue, so what is the WSSP for?” he asked.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1662192/1-waste-disposal-government-given-30-days-come-new-plan/

 

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PHC directs govt to acquire land for dumping sites by April 25: report

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has been directed by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to purchase land in Shamshoto area before April 25 to solve the solid waste management problem, a local media outlet reported on Thursday.

Advocate Malik Masraf had filed a petition in the court challenging the dumping of solid waste, including medical waste close to a residential area in Hazarkhwani.

During the hearing, Justice Qaiser Rashid and Justice Syed Arshad Ali remarked that the problem was a serious issue and must be addressed by the government on a priority basis.

Peshawar Water and Sanitation Services Chief Executive Khan Zaid and Additional Advocate General Syed Sikandar Shah said that 600 canals of land was set to be acquired by the government for garbage dumping and that Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak is keenly interested in the matter. Moreover, Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act would be used for purchase and that the CM has directed minister Shah Farman to lead a committee to reach the goal.

Protests by local residents had forced the government to abandon plans for potential dumping sites at Urmer and Marymzai.

Next hearing for the case is set for April 25, by which date the government is directed to have acquired the land.

The petitioner presented photographs in the court, explaining that garbage dumping was a health hazard for residents and his family as surgical material was routinely dumped and dry waste set on fire. Other possible sites for waste dumping were rejected due to vested interests of a number of local MPA’s (Member of Provincial Assembly).

“The act of the respondents while dumping different surgical materials within the limits of Town-1, a thickly populated area, is against the law, Constitution, public health policies and universally recognised fundamental rights of the citizens,” said the petitioner.

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...re-land-for-dumping-sites-by-april-25-report/

 

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