Sindh Water Commission (SWC) on Wednesday sought reports of Environment Management Plant (EMP) and Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) from sugar mills viz-a-viz installation and functioning of Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs). The SWC headed by former Justice Amir Hani Muslim asked Pakistan Sugar Mills Association to submit the reports of the last five years on EMP and IEE.
PSMA's counsel Abdul Sattar Peerzada told the commission that it would not be possible for the association as consultants hired for installation of ETPs may not agree to this as they want themselves to take the samples and submit a fresh report. "There is a time constraint on part of the commission," Justice Hani told Peerzada.
Peerzada said that he has to go back to his client for taking further instructions as far as timeframe is concerned and would be able to persuade them to submit fresh report in the first week of December 2018. The hearing would be held on October 11, 2018. The PSMA's counsel also submitted a statement on behalf of the association in the commission in compliance with its orders issued in mid of last month.
The PSMA's statement categorized the sugar mills in three categories - category "A" pertains to sugar mills, which have already installed ETPs, category "B" pertains to sugar mills, which have initiated the installation process of ETPs and category "C" pertains to mills, which are still without ETPs. It said that installation of ETPs involves two phases. And to make ETPs operational before the crushing season 2019-2020, all the aspects of these two phases have to be completed, it added.
During the proceedings, the commission said that arrangements have been agreed upon between Sindh Solid Waster Management Board and M/s Changic Kangjic Sanitation Engineering Company Limited for Districts South and East. As per the agreed formula, door-to-door collection of garbage would immediately be started on the same pattern of District Malir. It would also procure additional machinery for district East and ensure the operations of the machinery within 15 days.
It would also procure 15000 more dustbins with e-chips and their placement within one month and would improve in Command and Control System within 20 days so that requisite reports may be generated as well as improvement in Complaint Management System. It would also repair of 20% machinery given by the DMC East as done in DMC South and would undertake manual sweeping of internal streets/ roads and mechanical sweeping of main roads as per the contract.
It would also ensure timely clearance / emptying of dustbins in organized and proper way and their repairing. About the security threats to Chinese Contractor, the commission ordered Sindh Home Secretary to take care of the issue as far as the security issue raised by the contractor through his counsel. The commission ruled that a crush plants in Kashmore should be relocated away from the locality so that they should not pollute the atmosphere.
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