PM launches “Clean and Green Pakistan” initiative

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched “Clean and Green Pakistan” initiative at a ceremony on Monday (today). Addressing to the inaugural event, he said a country-wide campaign for cleanliness would be launched Saturday next and this would be sustained over the next five years. The president, the governors, the ministers and the chief ministers would participate in ceremonies aimed at making Pakistan clean and green. He also said that the plan involves a holistic approached aimed at taking care of air, ground and water pollution. The prime minister said that the initiative would have four aspects. He urged members of the civil society to complement efforts of the government in creating necessary awareness about sanitation and environmental issues. Imran Khan said cleanliness would form part of the syllabus from class one to five and a beginning has been made from institutions of the federal capital. He said as part of the integrated solution, dumping sites would be identified from village to Tehsil level for disposal of solid waste. “Waste-to-Energy projects would be undertaken around these sites for generation of electricity to meet local requirements of power,” he said. He added that a cleanliness competition would be held among Tehsils after every two months and their concerned officials would be rewarded or penalized on the basis of state of cleanliness in their areas of jurisdiction after every six months. He said orders have been issued to all petrol pumps and CNG stations to keep their toilets neat and clean and they would be penalized in case of non-compliance.