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Consultancy
for Integrated Solid Waste Management in Punjab |
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Solid waste management
is a major issue for the government of the Punjab
and local governments. Upon the request of government
of the Punjab the World Bank as a part of Punjab Large
Cities Development Policy Loan, arranged a comprehensive
study on Solid Waste Management (SWM) study in nine
(9) cities of Punjab (Lahore, Multan, Gujranwala,
Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Sargodha,
and Dera Ghazi Khan).
To carry out a comprehensive study of the technical,
institutional, financial, and regulatory aspects of
the solid waste management system in the urban areas,
the World Bank arranged two consulting firms namely
Korea Environment Institute (KEI) from Korea and the
(Ernst Basler) from Switzerland working side by side
on different solid waste management issues.
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Integrated
Solid Waste Management Plans for Cities in Punjab |
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The Planning and Development Department, the Government
of Punjab has provided the financial assistance
while the Urban Unit is acting as technical counterpart
in designing the SWM plan in nine cities of Punjab.
These cities include five City District Governments
i.e., Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and
Gujranwala. Four Tehsil Municipal Administration
(TMAs) include Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Sialkot, and
Dera Ghazi Khan).
Through the technical assistance of the Urban Unit,
comprehensive SWM plans have been prepared for the
following cities:
Gujrat: Rs 99.5 Million had been
provided to the Tehsil Municipal Administration
Gujrat. The plan was prepared by the Urban Unit
and was duly approved by the P & D Department.
The project is in the implementation stage in the
city of Gujrat.
Faisalabad: Rs 600 Million has
been allocated for the solid waste management in
the city of Faisalabad. The designed plan has been
approved by the P & D Department and has been
sent to the City District Government Faisalabad
for the implementation.
Gujranwala: Rs 800 Million has
been allocated for the solid waste management in
the city of Gujranwala. The designed plan has been
sent to the P & D Department for the final approval.
After the approval it would be forwarded to the
City District Government Gujranwala for the implementation.
Other than these cities solid waste management
plans for the cities of Sargodha, Bahawalpur and
Sarai-e-Alamgir are in the planning process.
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Institutional
Capacity Building of Solid Waste Management Departments
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The capacity building initiative
for SWM comprises the recruitment of professionals
from market and imparting training to them along
with the existing resource available within the
cities. As outcome of this program the capacity
of the cities shall improve considerably in terms
of numbers and quality of human resource working
with waste management. After successful completion
of the training these fully trained and qualified
personnel shall be posted in the nine cities to
enhance capacity.
For this purpose, The Urban Unit
has conducted competitive written test followed
by interview of the qualified candidates. Recruitment
procedure for the project officers is in process.
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Solid
Waste Management Equipment Technical Specifications |
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Solid Waste is being managed without following sound
technical practices and best available technologies.
There is a severe lack of technical know-how and appropriate
selection of technology including waste collection method,
storage equipment, transportation vehicle and disposal
technology which are economical, effective and efficient.
The Urban Unit, endeavoring in a proactive manner, has
come up with specification manual to address the issue
of selection of appropriate equipment and machinery
for solid waste management. The design manual also aims
at capacity building of waste management agencies with
respect to selection and tendering of most suitable
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Data
Collection for Geographical Information System (GIS) |
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The Urban Unit is developing a comprehensive GIS data
base with details of SWM services in five cities of
Punjab (Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan and Faisalabad).
For this purpose the following data has been collected:
- Solid Waste Management Service Coverage Area
- Location of Secondary Storage (Containers, skips, filth depots)
- Main Disposal and Dumping Sites (legal, illegal, proposed,
existing)
- Sanitary landfill site (if any)
The purpose of this data collection is to identify
the existing locations of the above mentioned facilities.
This data would be helpful in analyzing the present
situation and SWM planning process. The collected
GIS database would be available to all the cities
for use in the next 6-8 months.
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