Rawalpindi:
The Transfer Station of Tons of Solid Waste Establised by the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) in Front of the Press Club has, through its Stench and Foul Odour, Engulfed Rawalpindi’s Historic Liaquat Bagh, The Press Club, Fine Arts College, Gordon College, Two Big Hotels, The Rawalpindi Development Authority, The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), The Parks and Horticulture Authority (Pha), The Sports Complex and The Municipal Corporation, making life miserable for these centers and for those who pass through Liaquat Bagh. The city’s solid waste collection system in this transfer station, then transporting it outside the city, created a painful situation.
Before the creation of the solid waste transfer station, this site was a beautiful park for children where dinosaurs structures and many other animals had been installed. There was grassfield, benches, children for children and a walking track for women. However, during the construction of the Metro Bus Project, its land was used for the storage of building materials. Once the project is completed, the site has been transformed into a solid waste transfer station by the RWMC.
Now, the garbage from the whole city are thrown into the park, where they are weighed and then transferred by trucks via Murree Road and GT Road to the Losar burial site. This solid waste transfer station, created in the past 15 years, has submitted the above -mentioned government institutions, colleges, the sports complex and visitors to the public park, as well as those passing through Murriere Road and Liaquat Road, in a miserable situation. No prescription issued so far concerning the transfer of this solid waste transfer station on the site has been implemented.
The president of the citizen action committee, Zahid Ahmed Awan, who raises his voice for the protection of the rights of citizens, has now announced that the solid waste transfer station must be moved from here, otherwise it will be forced to adopt protests with citizens. He said Liaquat Bagh bears the name of a martyred prime minister, while a former Prime Minister’s former woman was also targeted by terrorists at one of the doors of the same Liaquat Bagh.
Liaquat Bagh has now been transformed into a public park. The historic teaching establishment Gordon College is also the closest to Liaquat Bagh. Many government institutions, including Rawalpindi Press Club and Rescue 15, have been the subject of this solid waste transfer station. Arya Mohallah, Murree Road and Liaquat Bagh were also seriously affected, but there is no one to take care of the question.
