Chinese Companies keep Karachi Clean
Picture from Hangzhou Jinjiang Company’s website
by Tahir Ali
KARACHI: As the month of Ramadan is commencing from Wednesday in Pakistan, Chinese firms are tasked by the provincial Government of Sindh to clean Karachi, the country’s largest southern city during the holy month of fasting.
The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) has an agreement with Changyi Kangjie Sanitation Engineering Company and Hangzhou Jinjiang Company to collect garbage from the different districts of Karachi city. The companies have been working in the city of Karachi for the past many years removing waste and junk from commercial and industrial areas.
During a recent meeting, SSWMB directed the Chinese companies to keep the city clean during Ramadan, according to a press statement. The officials of the Chinese companies informed the city government that the companies were mobilizing all their team members in this regard. They are lifting garbage from the city while adopting international standards.
In District West and District Malir, the workers of Hangzhou Jinjiang Company would collect garbage from door to door. The Chinese company is also making mechanical sweepers on all major thoroughfares of the city. During Ramadan, the month of prayers, the city dwellers will not face any problems regarding cleanliness and the company would provide relief to them, according to SSWMB. The Hangzhou Jinjiang Company is adding more vehicles to its fleet making the collection of garbage easier to make the city clean.
The Chinese companies signed agreements with SSWMB in October 2016 to collect garbage from District South and take them to two waste stations in Hijrat Colony and Mewa Shah graveyards. The companies also collect solid waste in a door-to-door campaign besides placing dustbins in the area.
Both companies own a large number of loaders, compactors, side compactors, arm hocks and motorbikes besides a large number of sanitation staff.
Chinese firms use the latest machinery collecting garbage. [Photo/ Hangzhou Jinjiang Web].
Karachi is home to around thirteen million people who reportedly throw around 13,000 tons of garbage daily. The city is facing the issue of cleanliness for decades, the situations turn bad when it rains in the city.
City dwellers of Karachi city are satisfied with the work of Chinese companies and they recognize and praise the environmental sanitation services of the firms.
Speaking with Gwadar pro over the phone from Gulistan Colony, Liari, Karachi, Muhammad Ali said that Chinese companies were collecting garbage from door to door, the practice they never saw in the past. “Through fast disposal services, Chinese companies are removing waste from our areas and providing satisfactory cleaning to us,” he said.
Muhammad Salim of Sherpao Colony, Malir said Chinese companies are exactly doing what the city was lacking. “I thank the Sindh Government for hiring the services of Chinese companies that make our surroundings clean and peaceful,” he told Gwadar pro.
