RWMC clears waste from 7th Muharram procession routes

Rawalpindi:The Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) completed its cleanliness operation by removing all waste materials on the routes of the 7th Muharram procession besides finalising the arrangements for the Ashura procession.

According to a RWMC spokesman, the cleanliness operation was carried out from Transformer Chowk Sadiqabad to Imambargah Qadeemi. The cleanliness of procession routes from Transformer Chowk including Kuri Road, Chah Sultan, Glass Factory Road, Zafar ul Haq Road, Iqbal Road, Committee Chowk, College Road, Raja Bazaar, Purana Qila, Pul Shah Nazar Deewan, Imambara chowk and adjacent areas had been completed, he added.

He further said the RWMC had finalized all the arrangements under a special cleanliness programme prepared for Muharram and Ashura Day while the holidays of all the staff of RWMC had been cancelled.

Under the special cleanliness programme, all Imambargahs, procession routes and their vicinity were being cleaned besides the waste containers were also being emptied, adding nullahs and drains adjacent to Imambargahas were also being cleared with excavators and heavy machinery keeping in view the Pakistan Meteorological Department heavy rainfalls forecast.

He urged the residents and mourners to cooperate with the RWMC staff and avoid throwing waste and other materials in drains and open.