LAHORE - Commissioner M Aamir Jan has directed the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) to restore each and every public park of the provincial capital.
He was chairing a meeting at the PHA headquarters, which was attended by PHA Chairman Yasir Gilani, Director General Zeeshan Javed, LWMC Chief Executive Officer Rafia Haider, Chief Officer Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) Ali Abbas Bukhari and others, here on Friday. The commissioner ordered that all 45 parks of the city should be restored within next four weeks, saying that the PHA DG should monitor the working and performance of each zone in-charge and submit a report twice a month in the commissioner’s office. The horticulture authority should beautify its areas and parks with lights in connection with Ashra Shan-e-Rehmatul Lil-Aalamin celebrations, he said, adding that at least 30 percent more plantation in parks and green-belts should be ensured. PHA DG Zeeshan Javed, while giving briefing on ‘Shining and Green Lahore’ campaign, said that all departments including LWMC, MCL WASA and PHA were working in a coordinated manner to make the campaign a success, adding that beautification and horticulture works being carried out in Allama Iqbal Airport areas which would be completed within next 15 days.
The meeting was briefed that rehabilitation work and tuff-tile installation at service lines of The Mall Road would also completed in two days while Shimla Pahari and Empress Road would be included in the next phase of the campaign.
LWMC REMOVED 91,586 TONS OF SOLID WASTE IN 15 DAYS
The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) successfully completed 15-day cleanliness operation in connection with the ‘Shining & Green Lahore’ campaign and removed more than 91,586 tons of solid waste from the city. As per LWMC sources, the purpose of conducting the zero waste operation was to ensure extraordinary cleanliness arrangement in every area of the city. The zero waste operation had been conducted in phases in all nine towns of the provincial capital. During the operation, LWMC had made exemplary cleanliness arrangements outside all mosques, churches, graveyards, public and private hospitals and other places.