Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) has finalised a three-day Eidul Azha sanitation operation plan for 43 urban union councils of Peshawar. The plan was finalised during a meeting with Chief Executive Officer Dr. Hassan Nasir in the chair. As per the plan, 2,602 sanitary workers would be on duty on the first day of Eid Azha. The company will collect offal through 566 vehicles, of which 310 are WSSP’s own vehicles while 253 are private vehicles hired for the biggest sanitation operation of the year in which 10,500 tons of waste is expected to be produced within three days of Eid. A week earlier, a massive awareness campaign was launched in the provincial metropolis to sensitize masses about cleaning the surroundings clean and disposing of offal at designated locations.

Of 6,202 staff, 1,189 are sanitary workers, 660 Katta Qulis, 341 drivers, 293 helpers, 63 municipal inspectors, and 55 supervisors. Of the total fleet, 153 Suzuki mini dumpers, 18 mini dumpers, 25 bike loaders, 20 small tractors, 108 large tractors, 42 compactors, 40 shovels, two trucks, 23 multi-loaders armroll, 109 dumpers, nine excavators, and 17 rickshaws would be used for offal and waste collection during the three days sanitation operation.

All zonal managers have finalised temporary transfer stations where the waste would be collected from narrow streets and congested residential localities and then taken to Shamshato dumping site, some 22 km away from the city. The waste would be fumigated and powder lime will be used before covering it with soil at the dumping site and in transfer stations.

Monitoring teams supervised by the Chief Executive Officer WSSP Dr. Hassan Nasir comprising general managers, zonal managers, managers, and assistant managers are in place to ensure the smooth execution of the plan.