Clean Green Pakistan Drive busted in Peshawar Is PTI unaware of performance of its own initiatives?
Peshawar is swamped with waste dumps, garbage heaps and unhygienic gutter water all over the place.
(WebDesk) - Prime Minister Imran Khan last week kicked off a countrywide Clean Green Pakistan drive to deal with the challenges of rising pollution and global warming, and with a resolve to create a Pakistan clean and green as most of the developed countries are.
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A banner to promote clean and green Pakistan campaign is displayed. Photo: Screenshot
Though it seems the message has conveyed a half to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtu Kha.
Last week, Chief Minister Khyber PakhtunKha Mahmood Kha also enthusiastically initiated the clean and green drive in Peshawar and has directed the authorities of the Water Supply and Sanitation Program (WSSP) to utilize their capabilities to the best of their level in ensuring clean and green Peshawar.
CM KPK lauched Clean and Green Pakistan in Peshawar last week. Photo: Screenshot
He had vowed to utilize all the resources to make Peshawar the most beautiful city of Pakistan. In the same inauguration ceremony of the Clean and Green Pakistan campaign, the CM KPK reiterated his commitment and said that the clean and green project was top priority of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government even appreciated the WSSP for their hard work though the maintainance of sanitation, hygiene and garbage dumping is still a dream to the residents of Peshawar across the length and breadth of the city.
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Stinking trash heaps spread all over the place, pollutes the atmosphere in Peshawar. Photo: ScreenShot
Peshawar is swamped with waste dumps, garbage heaps and unhygienic gutter water accumulated all over the place which also contaminates drinking water. Despite the instructions of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan earlier a week, no major clean and green drive arrangements for waste dumping, filth depots placements and tackling the issues of stinking sewerage water can be witnessed anywhere in the city. On the other hand, local administration seems careless and slapdash of the provincial government’s extensive plans for beautification of the city.
Local government’s lethargy and lack of concern is flagrant and is required stringent measures against deliberate ignorance and idleness of the responsible of criminal negligiance.
Local government’s lethargy and lack of concern is flagrant . Photo: Screenshot
While talking to the Dunya News, one of the local of Peshawar complained that this junk heap is home to many white collar people where one even cannot take breath due to the stink of garbage and grimy gutter water.
Another resident was annoyed at PTI’s token display initiative of Clean and Green Pakistan and said the local government’s performance with regards to the cleanliness and sanitation in Peshawar is absolutely awful for years and years.
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No proper arrangement are made to dump the garbage. Photo: Screenshot
On the other hand, town administration said that implementation of the directives of CM KP are underway, Clean and Green drive will also be started from the level of Union Councils.
Town administrator sad that we are in dialogue with WSSP and union councilors and soon will launch a a comprehensive programs to clean each and every neighborhood of every union council.
Implementation of the directives of CM KP are not seen underway anywhere in Peshawar. Photo: ScreenShot
PTI government is champion of initiating the social welfare and human development programs, initiatives and drives but implementation on the plans remains a question mark on the sincerity of the seriousness of the tall claims and big promises. Will the latest cleanliness drive become another tall claim of PTI chairman and Prime Minister Imran Khan dream of Clean and Green Pakistan?
Report by Zakirullah from Peshawar
Translated and Edited by Mehreen Fatima
