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[00:00:07] developed areas.
[00:00:13] The federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif have to throw garbage began in Islamabad.
[00:00:16] Various agenda items are being discussed in the meeting.
[00:00:20] The Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia,
[00:00:29] Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif,
[00:00:32] and a, I think,
[00:00:53] for the redressal of that complaint
[00:01:01] condemned the attack by the Houthi militia at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, expressing condolences to the families of those affected
[00:01:04] and praying for the speedy and complete recovery of the injured.
[00:01:08] Targeting civilians and important installations is unacceptable. Such attacks pose a serious threat to regional peace and stability.
[00:01:12] Violent actions based on clear violations of international law must stop immediately.
[00:01:16] The Prime Minister's message on the social media app 'X' reiterated the commitment to protect Saudi Arabia's sovereignty, territorial integrity,
[00:01:19] and security under the joint defense agreement.
[00:01:23] President Asif Ali Zardari met with Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
[00:01:26] They exchanged views on the overall political and security situation. It was agreed to hold separate sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate on Tuesday.
[00:01:30] Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar, federal ministers Mohsin
[00:01:31] Naqvi, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Rana
[00:01:37] Sanaullah, Senator Sherry Rehman, Senator Saleem Mandviwalla, Syed Naveed
[00:01:40] Qamar, and Dr. Asim were also present
[00:01:43] we do our anti-smog activities. at the meeting.
[00:01:45] Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and the head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F,
[00:01:49] Maulana Fazlur Rehman, met at the Prime Minister's House. Important national and political issues were discussed
[00:01:53] during the meeting.
[00:01:57] President Asif Ali Zardari met with Governor Khyber
[00:02:02] Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.
[00:02:06] The President was briefed on the overall security situation in the country, especially the deteriorating law and order situation
[00:02:09] in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
[00:02:11] The President was also informed about
[00:02:18] security matters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and law and order in the country.
[00:02:21] The politics of chaos is not in anyone's interest.
[00:02:25] Protests and sit-ins will not lead to the release of the founder. The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa do not have basic
[00:02:29] facilities. PTI people are facilitators of terrorists. These people are working on the Taliban's ideology.
[00:02:32] Federal Minister of Information,
[00:02:33] Attaullah Tarar,
[00:02:39] along with Prime Minister's Coordinator Akbar Wali, held a press conference
[00:02:43] in Islamabad. Under Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad
[00:02:46] Phase III, FC Balochistan and security forces carried out a joint
[00:02:50] operation, thwarting an attempt to smuggle weapons from Afghanistan.
[00:02:54] Security forces, based on secret information, raided a warehouse in the Saranan area of Pishin district
[00:02:57] and seized a vehicle full of weapons and ammunition.
[00:03:04] Three RPGs, four
[00:03:08] light machine guns, hand grenades, rockets, and a large quantity of ammunition
[00:03:11] were recovered. In the area,
[00:03:14] site. Once the waste our friendship
[00:03:17] is taller than mountains, deeper than oceans,
[00:03:20] stronger than steel, and sweeter than honey.
[00:03:24] Long live Pakistan-China friendship!
[00:03:28] Long live Pakistan-China friendship!
[00:03:37] So, if you look at e-challan
[00:03:39] naturally, you have residential areas,
[00:04:00] work is underway on a large
[00:04:28] closing time is,
[00:05:07] we do washing in many areas
[00:08:12] anti-littering campaigns, and the use of modern machinery to keep Lahore clean.
[00:08:16] In recent days, the new CEO of LWMC,
[00:08:20] Shehryar Arif Khan, has been the center of attention. His field visits
[00:08:23] are motivating the workers. According to the vision of the Chief Minister of Punjab,
[00:08:26] the cleanliness of Lahore is definitely much better than in the past. Today, we will discuss these priorities, problems, challenges,
[00:08:30] and future plans with Mr. Shehryar Arif Khan. Assalamualaikum.
[00:08:33] Wa alaikum assalam. Mr. Sher, first of all,
[00:08:36] please tell us that Lahore is the largest city in Punjab in terms of population.
[00:08:39] If the population is high, then definitely there will be many challenges.
[00:08:43] So, how are these challenges being dealt with?
[00:08:46] Look, since waste generation is a continuous process,
[00:08:52] you have commercial areas, you have industrial
[00:08:55] areas, you have markets. In all places,
[00:08:59] the garbage or waste is generated 24/7.
[00:09:03] There is no break in it. So, the biggest challenge
[00:09:06] for Sutra Punjab is to keep Lahore clean
[00:09:10] and tidy, and for this, all our areas
[00:09:13] from where waste is lifted
[00:09:16] and contained, all this waste
[00:09:19] should be lifted and sent to its main point,
[00:09:23] the landfill site.
[00:09:26] So, this is a continuous process that we have to face
[00:09:30] 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
[00:09:34] Well, we have seen that an anti-littering
[00:09:38] squad has been formed, and for the first time in history,
[00:09:41] it has been seen in Pakistan
[00:09:44] and even in Punjab that
[00:09:47] people are first encouraged to correct their behavior.
[00:09:51] So, one of our actions is community awareness,
[00:09:55] and the second action is that if
[00:09:58] people litter
[00:10:02] they will be fined. This fine starts from one thousand rupees
[00:10:05] and can go up to five hundred thousand rupees in some cases
[00:10:09] where it creates public health issues.
[00:10:25] Well, the basic purpose of this
[00:10:29] is not to scare people. Its purpose
[00:10:32] is to tell people that you
[00:10:38] at its designated place, and if
[00:10:41] you are not throwing it at its designated place,
[00:10:45] then you are creating problems for society
[00:10:47] in general. Due to these problems, this action has been taken against you.
[00:10:51] See, we had three steps. Our first step was community
[00:10:55] awareness. After that,
[00:10:58] our second step was that during the month of September,
[00:11:02] we did not challan anyone. That is, we generated e-challans
[00:11:06] and digital challans for people and told them
[00:11:10] that you have committed this offense, but we are not fining you.
[00:11:14] That is, the fine amount was zero. The basic purpose of these two activities
[00:11:17] was to work on people's awareness. Now, the third stage that we have started
[00:11:20] from this month of October, in this, if you are littering
[00:11:23] anywhere in commercial areas, then our anti-littering squad
[00:11:27] will go to you. They will collect your name and
[00:11:30] details and enter them into the digital system
[00:11:34] and write your offense there. After writing the offense,
[00:11:38] the digital system will generate your challan.
[00:11:42] So, this will be digital, in which there will be no manual intervention.
[00:11:45] If you have to pay this fine, its payment will be made digitally,
[00:11:49] not by giving cash to someone on the spot, and its backup record and every
[00:11:53] thing will be available to you, and this work will continue digitally in the background.
[00:11:57] Well, Mr. Shahryar, like
[00:12:00] you will know digitally that all those people
[00:12:04] who are polluting the environment and causing littering,
[00:12:07] those people will be warned, and along with that,
[00:12:11] they will be fined an e-challan. Well, what do you think
[00:12:14] that this challan can bring a change
[00:12:18] in the permanent behavior of people? After the challan,
[00:12:22] perhaps people can understand that they should not
[00:13:25] throw garbage. Look, if we
[00:13:28] only talk about challan, then it cannot bring change.
[00:13:32] If we have to look at this thing overall,
[00:13:36] then one element of it is community awareness,
[00:13:39] and along with that, when continuous awareness
[00:13:43] will be given to people that something is wrong,
[00:13:47] when you do something wrong, and your neighbor,
[00:13:50] your colleague in the office considers
[00:13:54] that thing bad socially, then at that time, a social
[00:13:57] norm arises that this is a bad thing.
[00:14:02] in its totality, then it definitely
[00:14:06] has its effect, provided that society
[00:14:10] as a whole considers this thing as bad. So, I definitely understand
[00:14:14] that when you look at e-challan in this whole picture
[00:14:18] in which you have to try to change behaviors
[00:14:21] with awareness, then this is a useful tool
[00:14:25] that the government is implementing. Well, in your recent tours,
[00:14:29] we have seen that you regularly monitor the attendance
[00:14:32] and performance of workers on a daily basis.
[00:14:36] So, please tell us
[00:14:39] after this, they go out
[00:14:43] in their beat, in their area.
[00:14:47] They work there, and then whatever their
[00:14:53] their eight-hour shift,
[00:15:25] after that, at closing time, their facial
[00:15:30] and waste collection is being done completely,
[00:15:33] and that area is clean and tidy. So, these are all SOPs
[00:16:09] from attendance to HR
[00:16:12] management, there are many principles that we adopt.
[00:16:16] Well, I recently saw your video that was going viral on the internet
[00:16:20] that you were visiting sitting behind a worker's bike.
[00:16:23] So, such visits or such active involvement,
[00:16:27] like you wake up early in the morning and make visits,
[00:16:31] how many workers do you think become alert?
[00:16:35] no area of ours should be deprived of waste
[00:18:37] collection. So, our target and what we are working on
[00:18:41] is that we are taking it from almost 90% to 100%.
[00:18:45] Well, there are some areas in Lahore that you also mentioned,
[00:18:49] where the challenges are more. So, what strategy
[00:18:52] is being adopted to reduce these challenges?
[00:18:56] Look, the problems are of multiple types.
[00:18:59] For example, there are some areas, like our Gwali
[00:19:03] colonies, where you find cow dung
[00:19:07] and such
[00:19:55] because whenever you dump this thing near your house,
[00:19:58] it causes various diseases, it causes
[00:20:02] public health issues, and all those problems and
[00:20:06] diseases come back to you. So, I think there is a dire
[00:20:09] need to change people's attitudes
[00:20:15] Well, we have often seen
[00:20:18] a picture or video or if videos are uploaded by you people
[00:20:22] on some pages, then Google locations are also
[00:20:26] visible along with them. So, please tell us about
[00:20:31] and balance it maintains. Look, its basic purpose
[00:20:35] is that now, for example, Lahore, whose population you see
[00:20:39] is larger than many countries, is a city
[00:20:43] with multiple areas. It has nine towns, you see,
[00:20:46] it has very posh localities and also
[00:20:50] very rural localities.
[00:20:53] There are slum areas,
[00:20:57] So, here, if a complaint comes,
[00:21:00] it is very important to track it. So, we use
[00:21:04] Google location to track it. The Google coordinates
[00:21:07] of the place from where we receive the complaint tell us
[00:21:10] which particular area it is. When our supervisors
[00:21:14] go there and clear that place, they send back the Google location,
[00:21:18] and we monitor it in real-time that our thing
[00:21:21] has been tackled. Well, if a complaint comes, Mr. Sher,
[00:21:25] what is the redressal procedure, and what is the target
[00:21:28] number of hours for that complaint to be solved?
[00:21:32] Our one big mechanism is that citizens complain to us
[00:21:36] through 1139, and we have set a deadline of 24
[00:21:39] hours. That means we go
[00:21:43] on the same day. In some cases, it obviously
[00:21:47] takes up to 24 hours, but basically, we give a deadline of 24
[00:21:51] hours to our teams, and its purpose is that you clear
[00:21:54] it immediately. That is, if it is not cleared
[00:21:58] after 24 hours, then we hold our team accountable,
[00:22:02] and action can also be taken against them for inefficiency
[00:22:06] under discipline that why you did not do this work. Normally, if you complain
[00:22:09] about anything anywhere, we remove it within
[00:22:13] the next two to three hours, and the immediate one,
[00:22:17] we remove it within the next half an hour. Well, through your helpline
[00:22:21] 1139, complaints are made
[00:22:24] by the public, but how is this helpline monitored,
[00:22:28] and when the complaint
[00:22:31] is solved, do users also contact
[00:22:35] you for verification, or is there any such mechanism
[00:22:38] through which they can tell that their complaint has been resolved?
[00:22:42] Yes, yes, we have this whole action plan in place. First, we have outsourced the listening of complaints
[00:22:46] to a third party. So, it will not be that our people
[00:22:50] are listening to complaints. The third party conveys
[00:22:53] these complaints to our people, to us.
[00:22:57] Our people address it. And after that, that third party
[00:23:01] calls the citizen back and asks them if they are satisfied or not.
[00:23:04] Even if the complaint is resolved and the citizen gives negative feedback
[00:23:08] after that, then that complaint remains open
[00:23:12] in our system. Until the citizen is satisfied,
[00:23:15] that complaint will remain open in our system.
[00:23:19] Well, you have talked about converting Lahore into phased
[00:23:23] zero-waste zones. So, please tell us
[00:23:26] what changes this will bring, and under what strategy
[00:23:30] this policy has been made. Look, the concept worldwide
[00:23:33] is to go for zero waste, that is, to clear
[00:23:37] 100% of the waste and after that,
[00:23:40] to dump that 100% waste in places
[00:23:43] that do not cause environmental pollution. So, when we talk about zero waste,
[00:23:47] its basic purpose is that all the waste
[00:23:50] of Sutra Punjab should be collected.
[00:23:54] Whatever waste is in the entire city, it should be collected at the collection
[00:23:58] points, and from those collection points, it should go to the landfill
[00:24:04] reaches the landfill site, there is still a need
[00:24:07] to utilize it properly, and that waste
[00:24:11] becomes the cause of immense energy sources,
[00:24:15] and if it is used properly environmentally, then it plays its role in reducing environmental pollution.
[00:24:18] کرنے میں اپنا
[00:25:22] and what is the situation of machinery regarding washing, as you are talking about,
[00:25:26] is the available machinery sufficient for LWMC?
[00:25:30] Look, there is always room for improvement in machinery.
[00:25:34] At present, we have quite a lot. We have about 50
[00:25:37] mechanical sweepers. Similarly, we have
[00:25:41] about 30 to 35 mechanical washers.
[00:25:44] In addition to that, we are introducing new washers
[00:25:48] in our fleet. Since you see, it is smog season,
[00:25:51] so in smog season, as a smog strategy,
[00:25:57] so that dust and dirt are reduced in those areas,
[00:26:01] and we will gradually
[00:27:02] stop them from manual sweeping in the main areas
[00:27:05] which creates dust and dirt, and along with that,
[00:27:09] we start using anti-smog guns. In this,
[00:27:13] we use anti-smog guns in all those areas
[00:27:16] where we are given reports that these are all the areas of the city
[00:27:20] where the air quality index is in bad condition.
[00:27:23] Those reports are provided to you through EPA.
[00:27:27] Through EPA, our digital system is set up,
[00:27:31] and it is shared with us on a daily basis. We also come to know that tomorrow
[00:27:34] morning, the air quality index will be worse on Multan Road
[00:27:38] or when.
[00:27:40] And then accordingly, in the morning and evening,
[00:27:46] Now let's go for a break, and viewers, after the break, we will continue the program.
[00:28:32] Where there is more population, there will be more challenges regarding cleanliness.
[00:28:36] Shehryar Arif, CEO of LWMC, is with us. We are talking to him
[00:28:40] and learning about the challenges he faces in Lahore
[00:28:44] and how the new changes and new developments under Sutra Punjab
[00:28:48] regarding cleanliness are being implemented. Mr. Sher, as there is talk
[00:28:51] of a waste-to-energy project in Lahore's dumping ground,
[00:28:55] please tell us about this project and
[00:28:59] its benefits. Look, let me elaborate a bit on
[00:29:32] this. This is our waste-to-value initiative. Wherever our waste reserves
[00:29:36] are, which in Lahore is the Lakhodair,
[00:29:40] an area spread over 200 acres where all our waste
[00:29:43] is dumped, this waste
[00:29:47] is a very big energy resource, and we have multiple
[00:29:50] projects through which we are running
[00:29:54] projects to use this waste as an alternative
[00:29:58] valuable energy source. Along with this,
[00:30:02] recycling park project in Lahore.
[00:30:06] This park will have the capacity to process five thousand tons of waste daily.
[00:30:10] Please tell us about the effectiveness of this project.
[00:30:14] Look, our waste in Lahore generates approximately 5500
[00:30:17] to six thousand metric tons of waste per day.
[00:30:21] So, we want that when our waste
[00:30:25] reaches its designated place, then that waste
[00:30:28] should be recycled in a proper way.
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