Lakhodair landfill site lacks operational machinery
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE: The new management of Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) continues to allow waste dumping on the only scientific landfill site of the country, which is still lacking necessary operational machinery, reducing its performance and damaging its basic structure constructed with around Rs1 billion. The scientific landfill site was constructed some four years back at Lakhodair to protect the underground water table of the provincial capital from hazardous chemicals, but scientific disposal of waste remained a dream for the citizens as a result of which they are forced to drink the poisonous water. The landfill site contained a network of drains to collect leachate (liquid released by...