National
December 26, 2020
LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) Friday continued its waste lifting operation but failed to achieve the target of zero waste in the provincial capital.
Heaps of garbage on the City roads became a common sight since the LWMC has taken over the machinery and workshops of its Turkish contractors after which they were left idle. However, a press statement issued by LWMC claimed that all the officials, workers and machinery have been deployed in the field in three shifts. Waste from most of the areas has been cleared. The areas include Nisbat Road, Shah Jamal, Haq Nawaz Road, Gulberg, Shah Alam Market, Circular Road, Daroghawala, Firdous Market, Muslim Town and Samanabad. The LWMC that the whole operation was closely monitored by top management of the department and the officers also visited various areas to ensure effective cleanliness operation.