Gujranwala Waste Management Company (GWMC) A Case Study
Keywords:
Waste Management Company, District Administration, Commissioner office, garbageAbstract
General elections were to be held on 25 July 2018 and the immediate focus of the District Administration was on conduct of elections in a peaceful and transparent manner. While driving to Gujranwala to assume charge as Commissioner, it was noticed by Mr. Fayyaz that the main roads were swarming with hillocks of garbage but he couldn't realize the enormity of the issue at that time. Just after assumption of the charge, it was brought into the notice of Commissioner Gujranwala that the social media was flooded with the pictures of heaps of garbage spread on the streets and major roads of Gujranwala city. People of the city staged demonstration in front of Commissioner office seeking immediate intervention in the affairs of Gujranwala Waste Management Company (GWMC), which had failed to collect and lift the garbage from the city. This issue was also brought to the notice of caretaker Chief Minister and direction was issued to the Commissioner to take immediate measures to remove the heaps of garbage and look into the affairs of GWMC.
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