The Indian Express                    03.04.2013 

MC seeks to learn from Lahore waste management

The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is trying to learn new ways to improve its solid waste management system from neighbouring Pakistan whose three-member team is visiting the city.

The team is led by senior administrative officer Wasim Azmal Chaudhary from Lahore Waste Management Company. A few days back, LMC commissioner R K Verma had visited Lahore for the same purpose and studied Lahore's waste management system, which is considered to be the best in Asia.

Talking to Ludhiana Newsline, A S Sekhon, incharge of health and sanitation wing and joint commissioner, who held discussions with the Pakistani delegation, said, "Both the tours were a kind of experience-sharing platforms for India and Pakistan. We discussed various aspects of solid waste management."

On the highly efficient Lahore solid waste management system, he said, "After our study, we have established that Lahore has excellently implemented the mechanical sweeping system of washing the roads and use of sprinklers. We are discussing the ways to improve the system here too."

The Pakistani team is in Punjab on an invitation by the Punjab government. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday invited the team to Jalalabad, and they would be going to other cities of Punjab like Jalandhar and Amritsar in the coming days during their tour till April 4.