Four new sanitation rickshaws launched to improve cleanliness in Gwadar

GWADAR: Member of the Provincial Assembly from Gwadar Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman Baloch and Gwadar Municipal Corporation Chairman Majid Johar inaugurated four new sanitation rickshaws to make cleanliness arrangements in the city more effective. The rickshaws have been added to the municipal fleet. They will be used to collect waste on time from different neighbourhoods, streets and narrow lanes of the city.

Gwadar Municipal Corporation Vice Chairman Saifullah Hot, Councillor Faisalullah Bakhsh, officials of the corporation and other office-bearers attended the inauguration ceremony.

Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman Baloch said practical steps were continuing to improve cleanliness and basic municipal services in Gwadar. He said special attention was being paid to reviving municipal institutions, paving streets with tuff tiles, beautifying squares and providing modern machinery for cleaning. He said the new rickshaws would make the collection of waste from narrow streets and different areas faster and more effective.

Municipal officials said more modern machinery was also being provided to clean main roads and areas with tuff tiles. They said steps to make the cleaning system better organised would continue under the Clean and Green Gwadar target.

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