Chinese firm M/s Gansu to install 400 MW waste-to-energy plant and industrial plant to produce waste management related machinery
Karachi: Sindh government, through solid waste Management board (SSWMB), has signed two separate agreements of solid waste management operation with Chinese and Spanish firms for lifting and dumping 3500 tons of garbage from Districts Korangi and Central from the second week of August.
Under the agreement the Chinese firm would install a 40-MW waste-to-energy plant and also establish another plant to produce solid waste management related machinery in Karachi.
The agreements were signed in a joint meeting of the officials of Chinese firm M/s Gansu and Spanish firm M/s Urbaser here at CM House on Monday in the presence of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. The meeting was attended by Minister Local Government Nasir Shah, Advisor law Murtaza Wahab, Consul General, of China Mr. Li Bijian, Commissioner Karachi Naveed Shaikh, Administrator KMC Laiq Ahmed, Special Secretary Local Government Khalid Chachar, CEO Spanish Firm Urbaser Jaime Martin, CEO of Chinese firm Gansu Mr. Liu Dongwaei, CEO Gansu Pakistan Mr. Liu Tao, MD Sindh Solids Waste Management Board Zubair Channa and others.
The solid waste management operation for District Korangi has been assigned to a Chinese Firm Gansu. Korangi district generates 1920 tons of garbage daily. The Chinese firm would deploy 2000 sanitary workers and mobilize 500 sanitary-machinery in the district to collect and dump the garbage at landfill sites.
Korangi Industrial area will have a special mechanism to clean the area. The company would set up a complaint Cell to receive and address public complaints in the district.
40-MW power Plant: The Chinese Company would also install a 40 MW waste-to-energy power plant at landfill site to generate electricity. The company would be given a separate contract for the purpose.
Industrial Plant: The Chinese firm, Gansu Heavy Industry, the mother organization of the Gansu Pakistan also announced to establish an industrial plant to produce waste management related machinery such as trolleys, dustbins, garbage binding system and such others. This industrial unit would also generate employment opportunities in the city.
District Central: The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) signed a solid waste operation agreement with Spanish firm M/s Urbaser for district Central. It is the first company operating solid waste management in European countries.
District Central generates 1920 tons of garbage daily. The firm would be responsible for collecting garbage and dumping it at the designated landfill site. It would deploy over 2000 sanitary workers and 500 sanitary machinery workers in the district.
Since the Central district was thickly populated, therefore the Spanish company would use special machinery to collect the garbage.
Minister Local Government Nasir Shah speaking on the occasion said that with the handing over solid waste management operation of Korangi and Central districts to Chinese and Spanish firms the entire city has been covered.
The board had started its municipal operation in districts – South and East in 2016.Then the district West and now its part, Kiamari were outsourced in 2017. Now, with the commission of two more districts the entire city has been covered. Work in the Korangi and Central districts would start in the second week of August 2021. (PR)
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