Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Saturday expressed displeasure over the lack of knowledge and naivety of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Municipal Corporation Islamabad (MCI) officers on issues pertaining to Faisal Mosque’s maintenance, deteriorating Air Quality Index and issues of hygiene.
The committee met here, chaired by Senator Sitara Ayaz, and was attended by Senator Samina Saeed, Senator Sherry Rehman, Senator Sana Jamali, Senator Kesho Bai, Senator Faisal Javed, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Senator Muhammad Akram and senior officers from the Ministry for Climate Change along with all concerned. The committee was briefed on issues pertaining to Faisal Mosque’s maintenance and cleanliness. The committee also took up matters related to Islamabad’s deteriorating Air Quality Index and issues of hygiene and capacity at the landfill in Sector I-12.
The committee asserted that the blame game must end and that accepting responsibility is the only way forward.
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While deliberating over garbage collection and cleanliness of Faisal Mosque, the committee was informed that janitorial services are being outsourced to M/S Dani enterprises with a contract that costs Rs13.80 million.
Members of the committee were dismayed at the plummeting level of cleanliness at Faisal Mosque and questioned CDA of the feasibility of such a deployment where no visible results have been yielded.
