ISLAMABAD – Under the Clean and Green Pakistan program, PTI governmentlaunches new waste management plan across country.
The government to introduce a new waste management system in the country toend sanitation and waste management woes once for all.
Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin announced this whileconcluding the ceremony of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’sSanitation Market Shaping Workshop in Islamabad.
The workshop was organized to invite private investments in the sanitationsector.
During his address, Malik Amin said that the sanitation is an untappedmarket with massive business opportunities for private investors. Moreover,it will also create plenty of job opportunities in the private sector.
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He admitted that sanitation had become a critical issue in the countrywhich should be addressed at the earliest.
He said that 90 percent of wastewater is dumped untreated into thewatercourses while 80 percent of solid waste is not collected from the dumpspots.
The adviser to PM said that the government is going to launch the Clean andGreen Index next month under PM Khan’s Clean and Green Pakistan Initiative.
