City to have 4 garbage recycling units

PESHAWAR: The provincial metropolis would soon have four garbage recycling units with a purpose to make it useful besides improving the living standards of the people and the environment as well.

Managing Director of the Project Tahir Mehmood Friday informed Deputy Speaker Provincial Assembly Khushdil Khan Advocate in a meeting held here with elders of a village where one of the units has been established.

He said that under the project as many as 600 youth would be trained and with employment opportunities, adding that it would help reduce unemployment and making the garbage useful.

He said that the project would be completed with the financial assistance of the Saudi Government.

Earlier, the Deputy Speaker directed the project director and other concerned departments to initiate the project with consultation with the local people and their concerns should be addressed properly.

The local people of Baghbanan area informed the Deputy Speaker that instead of providing electricity, gas, drinking water, the district government has installed recycling unit. The Project Director Tahir Mehmood said that the project is Saudi Government funded.