Rawalpindi:
The city waste management and elimination system is under intensification control, with allegations that Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC), managers of the transportation of urban “dirt deposits”, at the main discharge site, are in the grip of important operational gaps.
Bad loading practices mean that waste is stacked in trucks without adequate coating, which means that very contaminated and foul -smelling wastewater on the main roads, notably the animated road of Murrier, Rawal Road, the Chowk committee, Katcherry Chowk, Rashid Minhas Road and the routes to Sawan. Waste overturned along these roads has also become a common spectacle.
Between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., during rush hour and college hours, overloaded trucks go away from temporary waste deposits such as the Chowk Sunday Bazaar, Liaquat Bagh committee near the RWMC and others headquarters, distributing pupeur and dirt throughout the city. Many of these vehicles also disclose oil or diesel, creating dangerous slippery plates that have led to frequent accidents.
On Wednesday, around 9 a.m., one of these trucks loaded with this waste, diesel smoke and toxic wastewater, has slipped out and crashing on four motorcyclists. Two of the motorcycles transported passengers. The four runners underwent serious injuries, with one, iftikharuddin, undergoing serious trauma of the legs. Passers -by gave first aid and organized their transport to the hospital.
Malik Zaheer Awan, President of the Citizen Action Committee (CAC), said that repeated complaints have been filed with RWMC about these vehicles, alleging that water is deliberately paid on waste to deposits to increase the weight of the load of trucks, thus inflating performance files and payment claims. This contaminated water, he warned, presents serious risk of public health, contributing to coughs, colds, hepatitis, tuberculosis, eye infections and skin diseases.
Awan adds that when such trucks stop at traffic lights, their stench swallows entire junctions. While motorists can wrap their windows, pedestrians and motorcyclists remain fully exposed.
He also notes that these vehicles travel up to 100 kilometers per day of Rawalpindi deposits at the central discharge site, continuously dripping with toxic liquid along the way.
The assembly of public frustration led to high events. The president of the district coordination committee, the MNA engineer, Qamarul Islam, told journalists that all complaints would be processed and that funds would be made available to the system if necessary.
He is committed to ending the transport of wet waste and implementing a standard operational procedure to ensure good elimination in the central dumping ground.
According to a RWMC spokesperson, all their waste is in working order and all the isolated complaints are treated.
However, merchants along Murree Road, Liaquat Bagh Chowk and Talian Shahan and the toxic water leak of these trucks are routine.
Residents say that the temporary deposits of Liaquat Bagh and the Chowk Sunday Bazaar committee made life unbearable for neighboring communities. Despite three years of demonstrations, they claim that no measure has been taken, those responsible simply listening to the grievances and remain silent.
